TRIGONES v. BISSONNETTE

No. 00-2504.

296 F.3d 1 (2002)

Theodore TRIGONES, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Lynn BISSONNETTE, Superintendent, North Central Correctional Institution, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Farris Bowman for appellant.

William J. Meade, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, BOWNES and MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This is a habeas corpus case involving a state prisoner and raising Confrontation Clause questions. The district court denied habeas relief; we find the question closer, but affirm the denial of relief because the state court decision affirming petitioner's murder conviction cannot be said to be an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court.

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