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WASHINGTON v. HOFBAUER

No. 98-2250.

228 F.3d 689 (2000)

Rufus WASHINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gerald HOFBAUER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra A. Gutierrez (argued and briefed), State Appellate Defender Office, Detroit, MI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Janet A. Van Cleve (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Habeas Corpus Division, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: JONES, BATCHELDER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Rufus Washington, a Michigan prisoner convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, appeals the district court's dismissal of his § 2254 habeas petition. His petition alleged prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel. We find that the prosecutor's misconduct was sufficiently egregious to violate Washington's due process rights, that Washington's trial counsel was ineffective...

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