LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
John Lezell Balentine, a Texas prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the denial of his motion to set aside the judgment that a year earlier had denied him habeas corpus relief. We find the prior judgment should have been set aside because of a subsequent state court ruling. We REVERSE and REMAND for an evidentiary hearing on whether Balentine's trial counsel ineffectively investigated for mitigation evidence to present during sentencing...
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