United States Second Circuit

Even if the law of the Confrontation Clause, as established by the Supreme Court, is a generalized right to face-to-face confrontation, the state courts did not make an unreasonable application of such law in permitting a principal witness to testify against the defendant without removing her dark sunglasses, and therefore, district court's denial of petition for habeas corpus relief affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/03/2001
• Decided 02/08/2002
• Published 02/12/2002

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, and F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven J. Miraglia, New York, NY (Andrew C. Fine, Richard Joselson, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rafael A. Curbelo, Asst. District Atty., Bronx, NY (Robert T. Johnson, District Atty., Joseph N. Ferdenzi, Stuart P. Levy, Asst. District Attys., Bronx, NY, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.