191742P.pdf   08/11/2020  Johnny Sittner  v.  Michael Bowersox
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-1742
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Kelly and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Prisoner case - Habeas. The state appeals court's determination that the 
   trial court's decision to exclude evidence regarding possible other 
   sources for the victim's unusual sexual knowledge was not contrary to or 
   an unreasonable interpretation of federal law as clearly established by 
   the Supreme Court;the state courts reasonably balanced competing interests 
   and Sittner had a full opportunity to cross-exam the expert witness on 
   issues specifically related to his defense strategy; Sittner's trial 
   attorney's failure to object to the expert witness's testimony did not 
   deny Sittner effective assistance of counsel as the evidence given was 
   admissible, and an objection would have been without merit; the district 
   court did not err in denying Sittner a hearing on his habeas petition 
   based on its conclusion that the record contained all of the facts 
   necessary to resolve the claims and that no further evidentiary 
   development was required.