JONES v. GOODWIN

No. 90-8360.

982 F.2d 464 (1993)

Russell Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Truett GOODWIN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth E. Kirby, Alston and Bird, Lori Cohen, Atlanta, GA, for petitioner-appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen. of Ga., Susan V. Boleyn, Paula K. Smith, Sr. Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for respondent-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, HATCHETT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

In this habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner Russell Lee Jones challenges his rape conviction on the ground that the state trial court, in applying Georgia's rape shield statute, O.C.G.A. § 24-2-3 (Michie 1982), precluded him both from impeaching the victim and from proving that she consented to the sexual intercourse, thereby violating his rights under the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause as applied to the states through the Fourteenth...

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