Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit November 13, 2001, 00-3106 (Calvin Bailey v. Betty Mitchell, Warden)

OPINION

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

In this appeal, Calvin Bailey seeks reversal of the district court’s .denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Bailey contends that he was deprived of his rights under the Confrontation Clause

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when the trial court permitted use of videotaped depositions at trial without first finding the witnesses unavailable.