PAEZ, Circuit Judge. Steven Donald Stew’s petition for habe-as relief presents a novel factual situation concerning the application of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. After being tried in Hawaii state court for attempted murder arising out of Stew's alleged separate machete attacks of two homeless men over disputes involving alcohol, the jury returned a verdic…
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