PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
A state's refusal to listen to a habeas claim because it was decided on direct appeal does not impose a procedural bar to federal review of the constitutional issue. We reverse the district court's contrary holding and remand.
I.
On December 12, 1981, Dedrick Bennett and his accomplice, Shug Bell, entered a convenience store intending to rob the clerk. A sheriff's deputy interrupted the robbery, and Shug Bell...
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