William Grooms v. Herman Solem, Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

A South Dakota jury convicted William R. Grooms on two counts of selling stolen Native American artifacts. The court sentenced him to eight years of imprisonment on each count, to be served consecutively. After exhausting his state court remedies, Grooms filed a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he had been denied his sixth amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel. Adopting the magistrate’s 1 proposed findings and recommendation, the district court 2 issued a writ of habeas corpus. The state appeals. We affirm.

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A grand jury indicted…