OPINION AND ORDER
ORRICK, District Judge.
The habeas corpus petition of James Earl Hines, incarcerated since 1976 following his conviction in California state court on charges of kidnapping for purposes of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and attempted robbery, is before this Court for the third time on the identical issue. In Blackledge v. Allison,
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