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Bissonnette, No. 081094 In a conviction for first degree murder, denial of writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial judge's instruction to the jury that the prosecution "does not have the burden of proving that no one else may have committed the murder" was an error that was contrary to clearly established Supreme Court precedent as stated in In re Winship; and 2) the trial court violated defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause right… [read post]