The following excerpt is from Gudino v. Allison, Case No.: 1:10-cv-01310-AWI-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2013):
determinations of legal questions or mixed questions of law and fact, the facts as found by the state court underlying those determinations are entitled to the presumption. Sumner v. Mata, 455 U.S. 539, 597, 102 S.Ct. 1198 (1981).
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