Theodore Trigones v. Lynn Bissonnette, Superintendent, North Central Correctional Institution

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This is a habeas corpus case involving a state prisoner and raising Confrontation Clause questions. The district court denied habeas relief; we find the question closer, but affirm the denial of relief because the state court decision affirming petitioner’s murder conviction cannot be said to be an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court.

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On July 1, 1983, a thirteen-year-old babysitter, Erica Forestiere, was stabbed to death between 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. while her two young charges slept upstairs. In 1984, a state…