Legal Opinion
Tavarez v. Larkin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 29, 2016No. Docket 14-1934-prPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
The primary issue in this case, as certified by the district court, is whether a state court decision denying an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim can be contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, the prejudice requirement in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), where petitioner receives identical concurrent sentences, only one of which is 18 the subject of an ineffective-assistance, claim. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
BACKGROUND
In the early morning hours of May 6, 2005, Petitioner-Appellant Jose…
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