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Davis v. AlaskaDavis v. Alaska

Supreme Court of the United States
Feb 20, 1973
No. 72-5794
Reporters:
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Sup. Ct. Alaska. Motion for leave to proceed in ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition which reads as ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍follows:

“Did the trial court err in not permitting cross examination of chief identification witness Green ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍concerning the nature of his juvenile record to bring before the jury the fact ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍that Green was himself on probation for burglary at the time of the identification, thereby ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍denying petitioner his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation?”

Case Details

Case Name: Davis v. Alaska
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Feb 20, 1973
Citations: 410 U.S. 925; 93 S. Ct. 1392; No. 72-5794
Docket Number: No. 72-5794
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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