LUCERO, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Although my colleagues in the majority state they would be inclined to grant habe-as relief had this case come to us on de novo review, they hold that they are compelled to affirm under the highly deferential standard of review applicable to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 claims. (Majority Op. 1229-30.) The majority notes that the question of whether the K…
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