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· 10/3/2014

TUTTLE, SUSAN v. MATEO, BETH

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  • noting that the \continued vitality of the [implied bias] doctrine has been called into question by the Supreme Court.\
  • applying framework under McDonough Power Equip., Inc. v. Greenwood, 464 U.S. 548, 556 (1984), to determine whether juror bias warrants new trial
  • applying framework under McDonough Power Equip., Inc. v. Greenwood, 464 U.S. 548, 556 (1984), to determine whether juror bias warrants new trial
  • after the defendant was convicted of sexual conduct, a juror revealed “at an evidentiary hearing” that she had been sexually abused
  • juror didn’t disclose during trial that she had been sexually abused as a child and later made three “partly contradictory” assertions regarding her nondisclosure
  • “When a state court rejects a federal claim without expressly addressing that claim, a federal habeas court must presume that the federal claim was adjudicated on the merits—but that presumption can in some limited circumstances be rebutted.”

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