MANNHALT v. REED

No. 87-4093.

847 F.2d 576 (1988)

Guenter MANNHALT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Amos E. REED, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hansen, Allen & Hansen, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner-appellant.

Charles J. Faddis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Corrections, Olympia, Wash., for respondent-appellee.

Before BEEZER, HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Guenter Mannhalt, a Washington state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mannhalt alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of his attorney's conflict of interest and that a jury instruction deprived him of due process. We REVERSE.

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