Legal Opinion
Vargas v. Brown
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 15, 1981No. Civ. A. 81-0017PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
Raul Vargas, currently serving a life sentence for first degree murder in the Adult Correctional Institutions, has petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that he was denied due process by the state trial court’s refusal to enquire into the voluntariness of a prior statement made by one Eduardo Guitard — a witness at trial— before permitting the prosecution to use that statement in impeaching Guitard’s testimony. Petitioner properly presented this issue to the Rhode Island Supreme Court on direct appeal.…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- State v. MariniSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
- State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000
- State v. HumphreySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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