MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
STEARNS, District Judge.
By its Order of June 14, 2002, the Court of Appeals transmitted petitioner Paul M. DeMaria's request for a certificate of appealability to this court for a ruling. Petitioner was convicted in state court on August 28, 1995, prior to the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). Upon AEDPA's passage...
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