Legal Opinion
William H. Stepney, Jr. v. Raymond Lopes and Joseph I. Lieberman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 1985No. 753, Docket 84-2317PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner William Stepney appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, Judge, dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which asserted principally that the admission at trial of his prearrest statement requesting an attorney violated his Fifth Amendment rights. In an opinion reported at 592 F.Supp. 1538 (1984), familiarity with which is assumed, the district court concluded that Stepney was not entitled to habeas corpus relief because he had failed to assert this constitutional claim in the…
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