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DAVEL CHINN,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
WARDEN, CHILLICOTHE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,
Respondent-Appellee.
   No. 20-3982
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Dayton.
No. 3:02-cv-00512—Sarah Daggett Morrison, District Judge.
Argued: October 27, 2021
Decided and Filed: February 4, 2022
Before: SILER, KETHLEDGE, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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SILER, Circuit Judge. Davel Chinn, an Ohio prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s judgment denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

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Ultimately, Chinn has not met his burden of showing actual prejudice. Davis, 576 U.S. at 267; Cooper v. Chapman, 970 F.3d 720, 732 (6th Cir. 2020). Cox’s testimony was relevant to establish her identification of Chinn from Washington’s composite sketch in the newspaper. While the law firm setting permitted an inference that Chinn was seeking legal help, Cox’s testimony did not address the nature of Chinn’s inquires nor the field of law practiced by Cox’s husband. Furthermore, as Chinn recognizes, the central evidence against him was Washington’s testimony and, once the jury believed Washington, a guilty verdict was “inevitable.” See State v. Chinn, 85 Ohio St.3d 548, 561, 709 N.E.2d 1166, 1178 (1999). In light of the evidence at trial, the Ohio court’s error in admitting Cox’s testimony did not result in actual prejudice to Chinn. PETITION DENIED.