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· 2/23/2009

Cookson v. Schwartz

Citations

  • 556 F.3d 647
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 3529
  • 2009 WL 426057

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that physical appearance alone is insufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Confrontation Clause under Crawford
  • rejecting habeas petition of defendant who claimed he was denied his right to cross-examine victim about a previous allegation of sexual abuse to show motive because the previous allegation was not shown to be false

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Judges: Easterbrook, Ripple, Rovner

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