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BURDEN v. ZANT

No. 90-5796.

498 U.S. 433 (1991)

111 S.Ct. 862

112 L.Ed.2d 962

BURDEN v. ZANT, WARDEN

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1991.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner argues that the Court of Appeals, in rejecting his conflict-of-interest claim, improperly failed to give a presumption of correctness to a state-court factual finding, in violation of 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d). We agree, and accordingly the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.

On August 1, 1981, petitioner was arrested on...

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