John Henry Casey v. Robert Moore

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

John Henry Casey appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition, insisting that a biased jury that was convened for a trial in an improper venue convicted' him after considering impermissible hearsay evidence, and after improper closing argument from the prosecutor, all in violation of the United States Constitution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 2253, and we affirm in part and dismiss in part.

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We set forth first John Casey’s testimony about how his wife was shot and died. We next discuss the facts most pertinent to John Casey’s claim of…