Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 18, 1985, 84-2069 (John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts)

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

In this death penalty appeal we are confronted by these issues: (1) was the error in the admission of certain evidence in the underlying trial a confrontation clause violation and, if so, was it harmful; (2) what is the standard of review in the district court and this court in passing on the sufficiency of the evidence; (3) is the death penalty as applied under