· 10/31/1983
David L. Welton v. Crispus Nix
Citations
- 719 F.2d 969
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15722
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- “Our task is only to decide whether the [state court’s] interpretation of [its] own law is so unexpected, so outlandish, that no reasonable person could have expected it”
- subsequent state court interpretation of criminal statute deemed foreseeable on similar basis
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Judges: Heaney, Ross, Arnold
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