Jessie L. Redmond v. Phil Kingston, Warden

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• noting that credibility attacks based upon motive or bias are not subject to the limitations of generally applicable evidentiary rules
• noting that credibility attacks based upon motive or bias are not subject to the limitations of generally applicable evidentiary rules
• holding district court infringed defendant’s constitutional right of confrontation when it prohibited him from cross-examination of alleged statutory rape victim about prior false claim of forcible rape
• granting habeas relief under § 2254(d)(1) for Confrontation Clause violation when Wisconsin applied § 904.03 to exclude “highly probative, noncumulative, nonconfusing, nonprejudicial evidence” that was “vital to the central issue in the case”
• cross-examination to show complaining witness had motive to lodge false accusation against defendant deemed “highly probative”
• Wisconsin rape shield statue bars evidence of sexual conduct, not false charges of sexual assault

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