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WIGGLESWORTH v. STATE OF OR.

No. 93-35912.

49 F.3d 578 (1995)

Vernell WIGGLESWORTH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF OREGON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen C. Pitcher, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR, for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, OR, for respondent-appellee.

Before: THOMPSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, District Judge.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Vernell Wigglesworth, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. She was convicted in state court of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance (cocaine).1 The chain of evidence that tied Wigglesworth to the conspiracy was not strong. An essential link in that chain was a lab report which indicated the presence of cocaine in water

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