verdict. I am allowed to bring up anything else — the law says — that I want to bring up. I had mentioned this to you before at the trial. He has a girlfriend who — I think he said— who he is still going with. He wants to live. (Tr. 1/26/82, at 137-38). 60 . The evidence concerning Jermyn’s mother was particularly relevant because he had been convicted of killing her. Id. 61 . This is Claim 2 in Pursell's Memorandum of Law. Dkt. no. 26, Claim 2, at 57. 62 . Although Maynard was decided two and a half years after Pursell’s conviction became final, Maynard was not a new rule in 1985. See Stringer v. Black, 503 U.S. 222, 228-29, 112 S.Ct. 1130, 117 L.Ed.2d 367 (1992). Reliance on this decision is neither barred by Teague, id., nor by AEDPA itself, Williams, 529 U.S. at 412, 120 S.Ct. 1495 (<HOLDING>). 63 . The prosecutor even referred to injuries
holding that clearly established federal law as determined by the supreme court under aedpa is the law at the time of the statecourt adjudication on the merits not at the time the conviction becomes final recognizing privilege under federal rules holding that a change between old and new rules was fundamental to a degree that impacts our jurisdiction over the plaintiffs challenges to the old rules recognizing the test set forth in strickland as clearly established law for aedpa purposes holding that old rules under teague constitute clearly established federal law under aedpa