CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This appeal comes to us from a denial of the habeas corpus petition of petitioner Ronald Tonaldi ("Tonaldi") by the district court. The issue raised here is whether petitioner's failure to raise on direct appeal the claim that his attorney's decision to represent co-defendants was inconsistent with the minimum standards of competent representation bars petitioner from now raising this claim in federal court. For the reasons set out below, we...
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