Legal Opinion
Maldonado-Pagan v. Warden
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 9, 2005No. 03-2684PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Appellant-petitioner Mariano Maldonado-Pagán appeals a district court order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. Finding no cause and prejudice even assuming a procedural default, we affirm.
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On March 6, 1992, Maldonado pled guilty to three counts of first degree morder and grand arson for the killing and burning of the bodies of his wife and two children. He was convicted and sentenced to more than 300 years imprisonment by the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Maldonado failed to appeal his conviction or sentence.
On April 21, 1997,…
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