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DUGAS v. COPLAN

No. 04-1776.

428 F.3d 317 (2005)

Peter DUGAS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Jane COPLAN, Warden of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Laufer, for appellant.

Stephen D. Fuller, Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Peter Dugas was convicted of arson in New Hampshire state court. He petitioned for a federal writ of habeas corpus on the grounds, inter alia, that he had received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). The district court found that trial counsel's performance was deficient, but found no prejudice, granted...

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