What is the test for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on a conflict of interest?
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The following excerpt is from Hundal v. Beard, No. 2:11-cv-1571-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2013):
"In order to prevail on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on [a] conflict of interest, a defendant must show that 'an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his lawyer's performance.'" United States v. Miskinis, 966 F.2d 1263, 1268 (9th Cir. 1992) (quoting Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 350 (1980)).
Hundal contends that:
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