Robert C. Eldridge v. Allen Terreault, Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center State of Alaska

26 F.3d 130 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert C. ELDRIDGE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Allen TERREAULT, Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center State of Alaska, Respondent-Appellee. No. 93-35747. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 18, 1994. * Decided June 15, 1994. Before: CHOY, SKOPIL, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Robert Eldridge, an Alaska state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Eldridge was convicted of three counts of sexual abuse of a minor and sentenced to ten years of confinement. Eldridge contends that the state trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation by impermissibly limiting the scope of cross examination of his wife, the victim's mother. We affirm. 3 Eldridge contends that the excluded testimony is relevant to show that D.M., the five-year-old victim, falsely reported the instances of sexual…