Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 2253 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) Supreme Court 410 U.S. 284, 294-295 415 U.S. 308, 315-319 466 U.S. 668, 687-694 475 U.S. 673, 678-684 483 U.S. 44, 45-56 500 U.S. 145 502 U.S. 62, 68 507 U.S. 619, 637 529 U.S. 362, 409-413 529 U.S. 473, 484 537 U.S. 3, 8 Circuit Courts 937 F.2d 515 997 F.2d 451 3 F.3d 1133 5 F.3d 758, 762 105 F.3d 907, 911 176 F.3d 249, 259 208 F.3d 172, 186 215 F.3d 438, 445 234 F.3d 837 290 F.3d 663, 679 350 F.3d 433, 438 378 F.3d 382, 404-405 399 F.3d 18, 24 453 F.3d 567, 581 507 F.3d 281, 289 Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 412