PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Reginald Neal Fay appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. He asserts that the judge at his first trial too quickly granted a mistrial based on jury deadlock, and that his second trial and conviction therefore violated his Fifth Amendment right not to be twice put in jeopardy. Because, as a federal habeas reviewing court, we accord great deference to a state trial judge's conclusion that a jury...
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