United States Second Circuit

The grant of a writ of habeas corpus to plaintiff is reversed where the district court's finding, that plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when cross-examination of a witness was curtailed, was only harmless error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2005
• Published 03/09/2005

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  FEINBERG, WINTER and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barry Gene Rhodes, Brooklyn, NY, for petitioner-appellee., Amy Appelbaum, Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, N.Y. (Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Leonard Joblove, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief), for respondent-appellant.