United States Second Circuit

In a conviction for robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon, grant of writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) Appellate Division's ruling that there was no right of defendant to cross-examine on racial bias because it represented "general ill will" rather than "specific hostility towards defendant" constituted an unreasonable application of the Confrontation Clause; and 2) the error was not harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2008
• Published 11/13/2008

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• United States Second Circuit

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