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VASQUEZ v. KIRKLAND

No. 08-55699.

572 F.3d 1029 (2009)

Daniel VASQUEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.J. KIRKLAND, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Tanaka, Deputy Federal Public Defender (argued) and Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

David F. Glassman, Deputy Attorney General (argued), Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Dane R. Gillette, Pamela Hamanaka, and Steven D. Matthews, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: B. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Daniel Vasquez, a California prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Vasquez was convicted in California state court of the first-degree murder of Frank Hernandez. He alleges that he was denied his Sixth Amendment rights under the Confrontation Clause because he was unable effectively to cross-examine the prosecution's key witness, Carmen Zapata. Zapata, the victim's mother, is deaf...

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