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This case involves Stephen Macomber appealing the denial of his writ of habeas corpus after receiving a harsher sentence upon retrial and conviction of the same charges. The court granted his application for a certificate of probable cause and request to proceed in forma pauperis. While the Supreme Court has held that increased sentences due to vindictiveness violate due process, it does not apply here because a different judge imposed the second sentence and provided logical, non-vindictive reasons for the

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