Chief Justice CASTILLE, concurring. I join the Majority Opinion in its entirety. I write separately to note and address broader issues implicated by the role and performance of federal counsel in purely state court collateral proceedings in capital cases, such as this one. Although the sources of the Federal Defender’s funding are not entirely clear or easily ascertainable, the federal c…
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