DISCLAIMER: The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
982445P.pdf 04/27/2001 John Byron Newman v. Frank X. Hopkins
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 98-2445
District of Nebraska
Prisoner case - habeas. Applying the standard of review announced
in Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 (2000), the court concludes
the ruling of the Nebraska Supreme Court adopting a per se rule
excluding voice exemplar evidence was an unreasonable application
of federal law clearly established by Supreme Court precedent.
982445P.pdf 09/29/1999 John Byron Newman v. Frank X. Hopkins
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 98-2445
District of Nebraska
Prisoner case - habeas. State trial court erred in ruling that Newman
could not introduce a voice exemplar without waiving his Fifth
Amendment privilege against self-incrimination; error in excluding
exemplar was not harmless.