The following excerpt is from Mata v. Sumner, 611 F.2d 754 (9th Cir. 1979):
Notwithstanding the inapplicability of Stone v. Powell 's balancing process, it remains true that its emphasis upon the opportunity for full and fair litigation in the state courts is equally applicable here. 428 U.S. at 494, 96 S.Ct. 3037. This opportunity to litigate an issue as imprecise as "impermissible suggestiveness" in the state courts strongly suggests that collateral review by federal courts frequently is redundant. Repetitive
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* The Honorable Robert M. Takasugi, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.
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