DENNY v. GUDMANSON

No. 98-4275.

252 F.3d 896 (2001)

Jeffrey C. DENNY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donald GUDMANSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Bogart (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James E. Doyle, Gregory M. Posner-Weber (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

After the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cruz v. New York, 481 U.S. 186, 107 S.Ct. 1714, 95 L.Ed.2d 162 (1987), Jeffrey Denny sought to have his 1982 murder conviction overturned. Jeffrey argued that, according to Cruz, the admission of his brother's inculpatory statements at their joint trial in 1982 constituted a violation of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The Wisconsin trial...

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