OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Respondent, the Warden of San Quentin State Prison, appeals from the district court's grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Petitioner Ralph International Thomas. The California Supreme Court held that Petitioner received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial but that trial counsel's deficient assistance did not prejudice Petitioner. The district court disagreed with the latter conclusion, held that...
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