Larry Puckett v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner

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• finding that unreasonable is not the same as incorrect, and thus an incorrect application of the law will be affirmed if it is not also unreasonable
• finding that unreasonable is not the same as incorrect, and thus an incorrect application of the law will be affirmed if it is not also unreasonable
• finding an incorrect application of the law will be affirmed if it is not also unreasonable
• relying on Snyder in refusing to find a Batson violation because the record did not reveal whether jurors who \arguably would have fallen\ into categories identified by the prosecutor as problematic actually did so
• “Importantly, ‘unreasonable’ is not the same as ‘erroneous’ or ‘incorrect’; an incorrect application of the law by a state court will nonetheless be affirmed if it is not simultaneously unreasonable.”
• Importantly, unreasonable is not the same as erroneous' or incorrect; an incorrect application of the la@w by a state court will nonetheless be affirmed if it is not simultaneously unreasonable.

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