Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner's claim that the state trial court deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner’s claim that the state trial court deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him when the court prohibited him from cross-examining the prosecution’s key cooperating witness about the witness’s pending murder case, including what benefits the witness expected to receive in that case in return for testifying in petitioner’s case. i