The following excerpt is from Constant v. Martuscello, No. 15-2789 (2nd Cir. 2017):
"We review a district court's denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus de novo." Tavarez v. Larkin, 814 F.3d 644, 648 (2d Cir. 2016). Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA"), if the state court reached the merits of the petitioner's argument, we will grant relief only if the state court adjudication
28 U.S.C. 2254(d)(1)-(2).
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