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SUMNER v. MATA

No. 81-844.

455 U.S. 591 (1982)

SUMNER, WARDEN v. MATA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1982

PER CURIAM.

This is the second time that this matter has come before us. In Summer v. Mata, 449 U.S. 539 (1981), decided last Term, we held that 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d) requires federal courts in habeas proceedings to accord a presumption of correctness to state-court findings of fact. This requirement could not be plainer. The statute explicitly provides that "a determination...

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