WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
Duncan McKenzie, a state prisoner, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, McKenzie claimed that his death sentence should be vacated due to an ex parte meeting between the prosecutor and the trial judge prior to sentencing. The district court granted the state's motion for summary judgment and denied McKenzie's petition. Because we hold that the district court applied an incorrect legal standard...
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