SLOVIK v. YATES

No. 06-55867.

545 F.3d 1181 (2008)

Michael SLOVIK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. YATES, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt David Hermansen, Law Office of Kurt David Hermansen, San Diego, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Garrett Beaumont, Deputy Attorney General of the State of California, San Diego, CA, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.


BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

California prisoner Michael D. Slovik petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that his confrontation rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution were violated when a California trial court prevented him from asking questions on cross-examination that would establish that one of the prosecution's key witnesses had likely lied under oath. The district court...

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