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062105P.pdf 08/17/2007 Winston Bell-Bey v. Donald Roper
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2105
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED][Riley, Author, with Chief Judge Loken and Bye,
Circuit Judges]
Habeas Case - section 2254. State court's application of wrong harmless-
error standard regarding the admission of hearsay evidence is not a
constitutional error justifying habeas relief because the Constitution does
not guarantee the existence of state post-conviction proceedings and
Confrontation Clause challenge to admission of hearsay evidence was
procedurally barred. State court's ruling on Batson challenge fails
because court's determination that state attorney's nondiscriminatory
rationale was persuasive was not contrary to clearly established federal
law. Exclusion of business records was not an abuse of discretion, as
they were marginally relevant and their exclusion was not an
unreasonable application of federal law.