Douglas Dean Welsh v. Bobbi Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al.
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Did the district court err in ruling that the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process and Sixth Amendment confrontation rights were violated by the state court's limitation on cross-examination of the victim, and did the imposition of life sentences under an unconstitutional statute violate the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, and was trial counsel ineffective for failing to challenge the staleness of the search warrant information?
A. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERROR IN RULING THAT PETITIONER'S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS, AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONTATION WAS NOT VIOLATED BY THE STATE COURT'S LIMITATION ON THE SCOPE OF HIS CROSS EXAMINATION OF IHE VICTIM ALISHA DAUBERT ? B. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERROR IN RULING THAT IHE IMPOSITION OF PETITIONER'S TWO LIFE SENTENCES PURSUANT TO A STATUTE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, DID NOT VIOLATE THE FIRST, EIGHT, AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS ? C. DID IHE DISTRICT COURT ERROR IN RULING THAT TRIAL COUNSEL WAS NOT INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY RAISE AND LITIGATE THE STALENESS OF THE INFORMATION UPON WHICH THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR PETITIONER'S RESDIENCE ?