United States Ninth Circuit

Although the admission of hearsay evidence at plaintiff's trial for murder violated the Confrontation Clause, given the strength of the prosecution's case, and the cumulative nature of the confession evidence, the error was harmless; habeas petition denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2002
• Published 10/29/2002

Judges

• Before THOMPSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior United States District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Franklin Howell, La Jolla, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, and Sabrina Y. Lane-Erwin, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the respondent-appellee.