Strong v. Maggio

holding that to remand an exhausted claim on grounds it was combined with a frivolous unexhausted claim was a disservice to the state courts | four-year-old’s statement to nurses and police an hour and a half after sexual assault | “the determination of whether the admission of the hearsay statements violated Haggin’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation is a question of law, which involves the application of legal principles to historical facts” | no interest in the continuing transport of contraband deriving from a joint venture | no interest in the continuing transport of contraband deriving from a joint venture