Cudjo, Jr. v. Ayers, Jr., No. 08-99028 (9th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseIn Chambers v. Mississippi, the United States Supreme Court clearly established that the exclusion of trustworthy and necessary exculpatory testimony at trial violated a defendant's due process right to present a defense. This clearly established federal law applied at the time the California Supreme Court decided People v. Cudjo, the subject of this habeas appeal. The facts in Chambers were materially indistinguishable from the facts in this appeal. Therefore, the California Supreme Court's decision was contrary to clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court, and the error was not harmless. Accordingly, the court reversed the district court's denial of petitioner's habeas petition and remanded for further proceedings.
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