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JOHNSON v. LOCKHART

No. 95-1334.

71 F.3d 319 (1995)

Joe Henry JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, argued, for Appellant.

Pamela Rumpz, Asst. Attorney General, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued, for Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Joe Henry Johnson appeals from the judgment of the district court1 dismissing his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Johnson argues that his Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights were violated when the state trial court permitted a physician to testify regarding certain out-of-court statements made by the alleged victim. We affirm.

Johnson was charged with rape under Arkansas...

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