Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 2253 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1) Supreme Court 245 U.S. 474, 477 386 U.S. 18 388 U.S. 14 410 U.S. 284 430 U.S. 349 470 U.S. 1, 18-19 470 U.S. 68 471 U.S. 409, 414 476 U.S. 1 476 U.S. 683, 690-692 483 U.S. 44 484 U.S. 400, 409 507 U.S. 619, 623-637 512 U.S. 154 513 U.S. 432, 436-437 523 U.S. 303, 308-315 529 U.S. 362, 405-406 537 U.S. 19, 24 538 U.S. 63 541 U.S. 36, 51-59 547 U.S. 319 547 U.S. 813, 822 549 U.S. 70, 127 Circuit Courts 713 F.2d 1447, 1450-1452 737 F.2d 1539, 1544-1545 757 F.2d 988 768 F.2d 1090 919 F.2d 585, 590 200 F.3d 597, 600-601 241 F.3d 1242, 1244 282 F.3d 1132, 1135 331 F.3d 1062, 1069 334 F.3d 862, 877-884 335 F.3d 889 360 F.3d 997, 1003-1004 373 F.3d 998, 1016 378 F.3d 952, 957 386 F.3d 896, 907 393 F.3d 943, 964-974 491 F.3d 1119, 1123-1126 511 F.3d 1005, 1008-1009 527 F.3d 919, 925 Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 704(a)