Christopher Loliscio v. Glenn Goord, as Warden, Clinton Correctional Facility

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Christopher Loliscio appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Edward R. Korman, Chief Judge) dismissing pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner argues that (1) his rights to a jury trial and to confront his accusers under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution were violated by the jury’s consideration of extra-record rumors about his prior bad acts; (2) the trial court’s post-verdict hearing concerning the effect of the rumors on…