O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a habeas petitioner's argument that his indictment was constitutionally defective is procedurally barred because of his failure to raise it on direct appeal.
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On July 15, 1997, Cyrus Braswell was indicted by a grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska on four counts of distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); one count of possession of a Schedule II controlled...
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