AMENDED OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Holland Hardaway appeals the denial of a habeas petition challenging his 1994 murder conviction on two grounds. Hardaway's first argument, that his due process rights were violated when the trial judge gave the jury a coercive Allen instruction, lacks merit. However, Hardaway is entitled to relief on his second ground, because the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel — who failed to file an appellate...
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