Legal Opinion
Donald Eugene Lambert v. James Blodgett, Donald Eugene Lambert v. James Blodgett
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 2004No. 03-35081, 03-35092PublishedCited by 521 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to interpret and apply the standard of review mandated by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), and to determine the meaning of the phrase “adjudicated on the merits,” which acts as a prerequisite to AEDPA review.
In Washington state court, on December 10, 1997, fifteen-year-old Donald Eugene Lambert pled guilty to aggravated first-degree murder, an offense which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Shortly thereafter, Lambert filed a…
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