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013078P.pdf   12/19/2002  Richard Dale Hoon  v.  State of Iowa
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3078
   Southern District of Iowa   
Habeas Corpus - ineffective assistance of counsel. Grant of writ because state court's finding of no prejudice was an unreasonable application of federal law is reversed. The state's finding of no prejudice in counsel's failure to object to admission of codefendant's confession with reference to the existence of another person (who could be the defendant), was not an unreasonable application of federal law. Dissent by Judge Bright.