Legal Opinion
Thomas Affinito v. Roy Hendricks Attorney General of the State of New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 4, 2004No. 01-2066PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Affinito was convicted in 1988 of murder and kidnapping in New Jersey state court. After exhausting his state court remedies, Affinito petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The District Court denied Affinito’s petition. We granted a certificate of ap-pealability as to whether Affinito received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. While we conclude that Affinito’s counsel failed to provide effective assistance, that failure was not sufficiently prejudicial to warrant…
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