MERRITT, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GILMAN, J., joined. BATCHELDER, J. (754-760), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This is an Ohio death penalty case in which the district court has issued a writ of habeas corpus because there was constitutional error in the sentencing phase of the trial. In Lockett v. Ohio,
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