United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of a motion for post-conviction relief from a conviction and sentence for kidnaping and aggravated sexual abuse of a ten year-old child is affirmed where: 1) performance by defendant's appellate counsel, in failing to raise a Confrontation Clause argument concerning the district court's decision to have a child victim testify via a closed-circuit television, was not deficient; and 2) defendant was not prejudiced by a failure to raise the Confrontation Clause issue on direct appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2008
• Published 06/10/2008

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, MURPHY, Circuit Judge, and JARVEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Omar F. Greene, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Deborah J. Groom, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Fort Smith, AR, for appellee.