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GRIFFIN v. WARDEN, MD. CORR. ADJUSTMENT CENTER

No. 91-6066.

970 F.2d 1355 (1992)

Donald G. GRIFFIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL ADJUSTMENT CENTER; Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Lawrence Gitomer, Cardin & Gitomer, P.A., Baltimore, Md., argued, for petitioner-appellant.

Gary Eugene Bair, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Baltimore, Md., argued (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Crim. Appeals Div., on brief), for respondents-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Donald Griffin appeals a final order of the district court denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that Griffin was denied the minimum level of effective assistance of counsel guaranteed to him by the Sixth Amendment, we reverse.

I.

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