REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
James Thomas Hart appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Although Hart has now completed serving his sentence, he filed his petition in January 1996 while still in prison. Because we find that Hart received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney failed to investigate and introduce evidence central to petitioner's defense, we reverse.
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