Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1) Supreme Court 164 U.S. 492, 501-502 466 U.S. 668 477 U.S. 168, 184 506 U.S. 364 519 U.S. 172 529 U.S. 362, 120-414 531 U.S. 1204 Circuit Courts 615 F.2d 266, 269 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 799 F.2d 1481, 1483-1484 97 F.3d 751, 769 114 F.3d 835, 838 138 F.3d 917 165 F.3d 1283, 1296 166 F.3d 102, 109 169 F.3d 710, 716 218 F.3d 1305, 1312-1313 244 F.3d 273, 278 261 F.3d 1206, 1216 272 F.3d 1308, 1313 290 F.3d 1318, 1321 Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 403 Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) Fed. R. Evid. 609(a)