LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (codified as amended in scattered sections of the U.S. Code), and Supreme Court precedent, federal habeas courts must give deference to a state court's findings of fact and application of law.
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