Benjamin Flournoy, Jr. v. Larry Small

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Melendez-Diaz did not address “the degree of proximity the testifying witness must have to the scientific test”
• “The failure to make an objection that would have been overruled was not deficient performance.”
• “While we ordinarily resolve the issue of procedural bar prior to any consideration of the merits on habeas review, we are not required to do so when a petition clearly fails on the merits.”

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