Mr. Justice Blackmun, concurring. I join the Court’s per curiam opinion and judgment. I do so, however, only after some initial hesitation, for there is force in Mr. Justice Powell’s dissent when it stresses that the unanimous judgment of four courts is being overturned and that the trier of fact in the state post-conviction procedure decided the factual issues against the petitioner. <p "b14…
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