· 5/22/1986
Harold Hobbs v. A.L. Lockhart
Citations
- 791 F.2d 125
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25265
How courts have described this case
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- stating that questions regarding the admissibility of evidence are reviewable in a habeas corpus proceeding if “the asserted error . . . was so prejudicial as to deny due process”
- addressing and then rejecting a section 2254 petitioner's argument that the cumulative effect of admitting other crimes evidence tainted the fundamental fairness of the entire trial
- totality of error claim rejected in case in which court found only one harmless error
- prosecutor's statement that defendant's call to his lawyer was a \telling sign\ subject to harmless error analysis
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Judges: Gibson, Wollman, Harper
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