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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.