Douglas McArthur Buchanan, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Commonwealth of Virginia

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• holding that the trial court’s application of Virginia’s hearsay rule to exclude evidence did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation because, inter alia, “the statements would have had only cumulative probative value”
• stating that claim that proportionality review was inadequate cannot form the basis of federal habeas corpus relief

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