OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Steven Smith is an Ohio inmate sentenced to death for raping and murdering a six-month-old baby. We affirm the district court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus.
I. Background
On September 28, 1998, Smith was living with his girlfriend, Keysha Frye, and her two young daughters, two-year-old Ashley and six-month-old Autumn. That evening, Smith drank three beers while he, Frye, and the children visited a friend...
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