INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Franklin David Passmore, a Texas state prisoner, appeals the denial of his application for a federal writ of habeas corpus. Two issues are before the court: (1) whether the state trial court's ruling that defense counsel could not impeach a prosecution witness by evidence of prior incarceration violated petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation; and (2) whether petitioner's retained counsel rendered ineffective assistance...
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