FRYAR v. BISSONNETTE

No. 02-1246.

318 F.3d 339 (2003)

Charles FRYAR, Jr., Petitioner, Appellant, v. Lynn BISSONNETTE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hoose, with whom Katz, Sasson, Hoose & Turnbull and Harris Freeman were on brief, for the appellant.

Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Charles Fryar, Jr. ("Fryar") appeals from the district court's order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that an evidentiary ruling at his state court trial was a prejudicial violation of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, invoking Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 303, 93 S.Ct. 1038, 35 L.Ed.2d 297 (1973) ("[W]here...

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