Robert Bintz v. Daniel Bertrand

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Robert Bintz and his brother, David Bintz, were convicted, in separate Wisconsin state court proceedings, of murdering a bartender, Sandra Lison. After failing in his state appellate challenge to his conviction, Robert sought habeas corpus relief in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, asserting that the state courts improperly allowed hearsay statements to be used against him at trial. The Eastern District denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, and Robert appeals. We affirm.

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Sandra Lison was last seen alive tending bar at the…