Robert Dietz v. Herman Solem, Warden

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• although at time of trial counsel could not anticipate subsequent Supreme Court decision striking down similar jury instruction, subsequent decision relied on precedent existing at time of defendant's trial, and cited earlier cases in federal and state courts striking down similar instructions
• although at time of trial counsel could not anticipate subsequent Supreme Court decision striking down similar jury instruction, subsequent decision relied on precedent existing at time of defendant’s trial, and cited earlier cases in federal and state courts striking down similar instructions

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