BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Missouri prisoner John Burns appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because we find Burns can show cause and prejudice sufficient to raise the procedural bar to one of his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claims, and because we find such claim to be meritorious, we reverse in part and direct that a writ of habeas corpus be issued, subject to conditions outlined later in this...
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