JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I dissent from that portion of the majority opinion that holds that the state habeas court fact-finding procedures were adequate to allow Birt a full and fair hearing on the denial of counsel issue. I concur in that portion of Judge Hatch-ett’s dissent to the effect that the material facts concerning Birt’s…
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