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LARSEN v. MAGGIO

No. 82-3535.

736 F.2d 215 (1984)

Ernest LARSEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert V. Larson, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

John H. Craft, Susan Scott Hunt, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.

In this habeas corpus appeal petitioner claims that his trial counsel failed to adequately investigate the facts of his case. This failure, contends the petitioner, led to a denial of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Petitioner, however, has failed to demonstrate that the purported lapse caused him any prejudice. We, therefore, affirm the district court's dismissal of...

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