Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit May 13, 2003, 01-3417 (Richard Bugh v. Betty Mitchell, Warden)

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

In 1989, Petitioner Robert Bugh was convicted of rape in Carroll County, Ohio. In 1996, Bugh filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the trial court’s admission of hearsay evidence violated his confrontation rights; that the admission of prior bad acts evidence violated his due process right to a fair trial; and that his trial counsel provided