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- Title: Reardon v. Manson
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Release Date : January 20, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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The State of Connecticut appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Blumenfeld, J.) granting the petitions of James Reardon and Perry Hawkins for writs of habeas corpus, and setting aside their State court convictions. The district court held that the admission of certain drug-identification testimony by a State toxicologist deprived petitioners of the right of confrontation guaranteed them by the Sixth Amendment. This is the States second appeal from an adverse decision by the district court. On the appeal from Judge Blumenfelds first decision, 491 F. Supp. 982, we remanded with instructions to reconsider in the light of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Sumner v. Mata, 449 U.S. 539, 66 L. Ed. 2d 722, 101 S. Ct. 764 (1981). See 644 F.2d 122. Upon reconsideration, the district court reaffirmed its prior decision. 617 F. Supp. 932. For the reasons that follow, we now reverse.