The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of Justice SOTOMAYOR, with whom Justice BREYER joins, respecting the denial of certiorari.
Seventeen years after petitioner was first sentenced to death, and more than four years after his conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, petitioner has not received counsel to represent him in his state habeas corpus proceedings — counsel to which he is entitled as a matter of state law...
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