Does habeas review supersede the credibility determination of the trial court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lenix v. Uribe, Case No.: 1:09-cv-01683-AWI-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2014):
habeas review. See Rice v. Collins, 546 U.S. 333, 338-42, 126 S.Ct. 969 (2006); see id. at 341-42, 126 S.Ct. 969 ("Reasonable minds reviewing the record might disagree about the prosecutor's credibility, but on habeas review that does not suffice to supersede the trial court's credibility determination.").
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