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023260P.pdf   09/11/2003  George Olbert Hood  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-3260
   District of Minnesota   
   Prisoner case - habeas. District court erred in granting habeas relief 
   on claim of ineffective assistance of counsel as attorney's conduct was 
   not deficient because at the time of Hood's trial, the district court 
   would have been required under Eighth Circuit precedent to deny a 
   motion to dismiss the indictment that was premised on the argument 
   that Hood's state conviction could not serve as a predicate felony 
   offense for purposes of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g).