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· 10/7/1981

William E. Tapp v. Ed Lucas, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary

Citations

  • 658 F.2d 383
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 17054

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  • federal court could and would defer to a state court’s view of error as trial error which was clearly a correct characterization

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Judges: Clark, Tate, Johnson

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