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DUNHAM v. TRAVIS

Docket No. 01-2779.

313 F.3d 724 (2002)

Craig DUNHAM, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Brion TRAVIS, Chair, New York State Parole Board, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea G. Hirsch, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Robin Lamont, assistant district attorney, (Joseph Latino, assistant district attorney on the brief) for Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney of Westchester County, Westchester County District Attorney's Office, White Plains, NY, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before McLAUGHLIN and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and LYNCH, District Judge.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Brion Travis, on behalf of the New York State Parole Board appeals from the district court's grant of Craig Dunham's petition for writ of habeas corpus. We conclude that the district court erred in granting the writ of habeas corpus. Dunham's trial counsel was not constitutionally ineffective.

BACKGROUND

In 1996, petitioner, Craig Dunham, was convicted in the Westchester County Court of rape in the first degree and sexual...

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