Cedric Webb v. Michael P. Lane, Director of Illinois Department of Corrections

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Cedric Webb was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment for murder. After exhausting his state court remedies, Webb sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted respondent’s motion for summary judgment. Webb’s appeal raises five issues, four involving the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule and one involving the dying declaration exception to the hearsay rule. Overall, Webb argues that the admission of certain statements of the victim violated his right to confrontation. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Initially, 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) requires…