MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
This case presents a rare instance where a federal court may have to bridle the discretion granted to a state trial judge by the state itself — discretion which, in most cases, this court could not properly constrain. The record here reveals a state court decision which may be arbitrary, as the state has not presented any valid rationale for it.
According to the briefs and exhibits filed...
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