MERRITT, Chief Judge.
Claude Earn Carter appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted of possession of marijuana and trafficking in LSD. Central to his conviction was the testimony of Charles Elam, Jr., a paid police informant. Elam's video deposition was taken in the absence of both petitioner and his counsel, and the deposition was later admitted, over petitioner's objection, at trial...
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