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Parker v. Matthews

Linked with Howes v. Walker (11-1011)
Docket No.11-845
Op. Below6th Cir.

Holding

The Sixth Circuit"s decision setting aside two twenty-nine-year-old murder convictions is reversed because it is a textbook example of the use of federal habeas corpus review to second-guess the reasonable decisions of state courts, which the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) proscribes.

Judgment

Reversed on Jun 11, 2012.

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