Legal Opinion
Sweet v. Cupp
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1981No. Nos. 79-2693, 80-3104PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Earl L. Sweet and James A. Henderson, state prisoners, appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their petitions for writs of habeas corpus. Each raises an equal protection challenge to his state conviction. The district court rejected their constitutional claims on the merits. We do not reach the merits. Rather, we affirm the judgments of the district court for the reason that Sweet and Henderson failed to exhaust their state remedies.
Proceedings Below
In 1976 Sweet was convicted of one count of rape in the first degree in the circuit court of Oregon. His…
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3Cited by57 opinions
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