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081774P.pdf   01/12/2009  Roger Allen Raymond  v.  Douglas Weber, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1774
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Hansen and Riley, Circuit Judges]
   Habeas Case - Section 2254. Competency hearing is a critical stage in a
   criminal prosecution and defendant was entitled to representation by
   counsel at competency hearing. Counsel's failure to challenge defendant's
   competency by not cross-examining doctor or presenting witnesses did
   not constitute a constructive denial of counsel, as record shows counsel
   subjected prosecution's case to at least some meaningful adversarial
   testing. Defendant did not make out a claim under Strickland.