Scott Dale White v. State of Florida, Department of Corrections Harry K. Singletary, Robert Butterworth

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• concluding that counsel was not deficient in failing to recognize an error in a hearing transcript because \[t]he error . . . went undiscovered by several attorneys and judges for approximately five years . . . [and] was not obvious\
• “[S]ince [petitioner] has failed to demonstrate how the defective suppression hearing transcript prejudiced his direct appeal, he is entitled to no relief on this claim.”
• “[I]n a federal habeas corpus case brought by a state prisoner, the absence of a perfect transcript does not violate due process absent a showing of specific prejudice.”
• defendant must show prejudice from imperfect transcript

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