REED v. THALACKER

No. 99-1313.

198 F.3d 1058 (1999)

Leonard REED, Appellee, v. John THALACKER, Warden, and State of Iowa, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Des Moines, IA (Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, on the brief), for Appellants.

Philip B. Mears, Iowa City, IA, argued, for Appellee.

Before: McMILLIAN, HEANEY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Leonard Reed was convicted in state court of second-degree sexual abuse and child endangerment, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty-five years and two years. The district court1 granted Mr. Reed's petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a), holding that the admission of hearsay evidence at his trial violated Mr. Reed's rights to confrontation and to due process, and that the admission of...

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