United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas corpus relief is reversed where the trial court's limitations on the cross-examination of the State's expert witness, and its denial of plaintiff's ability to call an expert witness, were contrary to clearly established law.

Appellate Information

• Argued Array
• Decided 04/26/2005
• Published 04/26/2005

Judges

• JANET C. HALL, District Judge., Before:  JACOBS and POOLER, Circuit Judges, and HALL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randa D. Maher (Jeffrey G. Pittell, on the brief), Great Neck, N.Y., for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Loretta S. Courtney, Assistant District Attorney, Rochester, N.Y., for Respondent-Appellee.