Wilbert C. Haggins v. Warden, Fort Pillow State Farm

GILMORE, District Judge.

This appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus raises significant issues concerning exhaustion of state remedies, the binding effect of state court findings under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and Sumner v. Mata II, 455 U.S. 591, 102 S.Ct. 1303, 71 L.Ed.2d 480 (1982), and the accused’s right to confront witnesses guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district judge’s denial of the writ.

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Petitioner Wilbert Haggins was convicted by a state court jury of two counts of first degree criminal…