Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit November 29, 1982, 81-5044 (Alfred Eugene Grizzell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections)

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United States · · · 29-11-1982

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case turns on whether a state prosecutor’s cross-examination of a defendant as to prior counselless felony convictions, admittedly a due process violation, constituted harmless error. The state courts held it to be harmless error. The federal district court held it was not and granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. We affirm.

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