193006P.pdf   08/25/2022  Ray Dansby  v.  Dexter Payne
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-3006
                          and No:  19-3105
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - El Dorado   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Grasz and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Prisoner case - Habeas - Death Penalty. For the court's prior opinion 
   vacating dismissal of two of Dansby's claims and remanding the matter for 
   further consideration, see Dansby v. Hobbs, 766 F.3d 809 (8th Cir. 2014). 
   On remand, the district court denied relief with respect to Dansby's 
   murder convictions, but granted relief from the death sentence and ordered 
   the state to stipulate to a sentence of life imprisonment. Both sides 
   appeal. The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision concerning the scope of 
   cross-examination of a government witness did not contravene or 
   unreasonably apply Supreme Court precedent by concluding that the balance 
   struck by the trial court was permissible under the Sixth Amendment, and 
   Dansby's Confrontation Clause claim did not merit relief; with respect to 
   Dansby's Brady claim, the claim is procedurally defaulted, and Dansby 
   showed neither cause nor prejudice to overcome the default; the grant of 
   relief with respect to the sentence of death is reversed, and the case is 
   remanded with directions to dismiss Dansby's second amended petition for a 
   writ of habeas corpus.