Opinion by Judge HAWKINS; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge THOMAS.
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant George Lopez ("Lopez") was convicted in Arizona state court of child abuse and felony murder of his one-year-old son and sentenced to death. In this post-Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") habeas proceeding, he presents one certified issue: whether the state trial court denied Lopez his rights under...
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