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Perez v. Cain

No. 08-30082 (5th Cir., May 29, 2008):  1. Habeas Corpus; AEDPA Deference (Met); 2. Insanity/Competency:  In this state murder case involving the murder of a police officer in Louisiana, a grant of habeas relief is AFFIRMED on the basis that the state courts applied unreasonably clearly established Supreme Court precedent concerning sufficiency of the evidence because Perez established at trial that he was insane at the time of the offense and that no rational juror could have found otherwise.
 
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