No. 91-542 | SCOTUS | Dec 18, 1991
C. A. 4th Cir. The order of December 16, 1991 [ante, p. 1012], granting the petition for writ of certiorari is amended as follows: Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Cer-tiorari granted. In addition to the questions presented by the petition, the parties are requested to brief and argue the following question: “In determining whether to grant a petition for writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court, should a federal court give deference to the state court’s application of law to the specific facts of the petitioner’s ease or should it review the state court’s determination de novo?”