DUCKWORTH v. OWEN

No. 80-1659.

452 U.S. 951 (1981)

DUCKWORTH, WARDEN v. OWEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 15, 1981.


Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE joins, dissenting.

The question presented in this habeas corpus case is whether the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit correctly held that respondent's challenges to his conviction should be governed by the Federal Rules of Evidence rather than state criminal law. Because I believe that the Court of Appeals has...

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