An ex-convict who claimed his wife framed him for gun possession so she could date another inmate whom she bailed out of jail has won his writ of habeas corpus at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Donato “Danny” Nappi argued his right to confront a witness was violated when a trial court refused to allow cross-examination of Janice Nappi about her motive in telling a parole officer that Nappi had a gun in the house.

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