Henry Maldonado v. Julius Wilson, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Henry Maldonado appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Maldonado was convicted in Ohio of murder, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse. The district court granted a certificate of appealability on two related issues: whether the state court’s admission of a police officer’s testimony that the chief prosecution witness passed a “test” for truthfulness rendered Maldonado’s trial fundamentally unfair in violation of the Due Process Clause; and whether the prosecutor improperly vouched for the chief prosecution…
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