Stacey Barker v. Joan Yukins, in Her Official Capacity as Warden of the Scott Correctional Facility

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• holding that a court’s refusal to provide a self-defense instruction under Michigan law violated petitioner’s rights where she murdered a man to resist an imminent rape
• granting habeas relief under AEDPA because the erroneous self-defense instruction deprived the defendant's of a \meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense\
• “[T]he Michigan Supreme Court’s determination that the erroneous jury instruction was harmless necessarily means that the court believed some evidence but discredited other evidence. This, however, it cannot do and remain in compliance with our constitutional guarantees.”
• AEDPA applies to petitions filed after April 24, 1996
• AEDPA applies to petitions filed after April 24, 1996
• AEDPA applies to petitions filed after April 24, 1996

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