Bobadilla v. Carlson

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Warden Terry Carlson appeals the district court’s 2 order granting Orlando Manual Bobadilla’s petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Bobadilla was convicted in Minnesota state court of sexually assaulting T.B., his three-year-old nephew. The district court concluded Bobadilla’s rights under the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause were violated and the Minnesota Supreme Court unreasonably applied United States Supreme Court precedent in concluding otherwise. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I

At the time of Bobadilla’s conviction, T.B. lived…