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BLEDSOE v. BRUCE

No. 08-3172.

569 F.3d 1223 (2009)

Floyd BLEDSOE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Louis BRUCE, Warden, Hutchinson Correctional Facility; Stephen N. Six, Attorney General for the State of Kansas, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jared S. Maag, Deputy Solicitor General (Stephen N. Six, Kansas Attorney General, with him on the brief), Topeka, KS, for Respondents-Appellants.

Alice Craig White (Elizabeth Seale Cateforis, with her on the brief), Paul E. Wilson Defender Project, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Before TACHA, BRISCOE, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Louis Bruce, Warden, Hutchinson Correctional Facility, and Stephen Six, Kansas Attorney General (collectively, the "state") appeal the district court's grant of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court concluded the petitioner, Floyd Bledsoe (Floyd), was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel. Floyd had been previously convicted by a jury of first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and...

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