United States First Circuit

Denial of habeas corpus is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the exclusion of certain defense witness testimony concerning a recanted prior statement violated his Sixth Amendment right to present a defense; and 2) the state prosecutor violated the rule that a prosecutor may not impeach his own witness as a ploy for the introduction of inadmissible evidence, and that this violated his Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2006
• Published 10/18/2006

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Emanuel Howard for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susanne G. Reardon, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for respondent.