Legal Opinion
John Chakouian v. John Moran
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 23, 1992No. 91-2252PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed petitioner John Chakouian’s application for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
I
BACKGROUND
Petitioner was convicted of murder in the first degree under R.I.Gen.Laws § 11-23-1 on June 27, 1986, and sentenced to life imprisonment under R.I.Gen.Laws § 11-23-2. Chakouian, a white male, appealed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, alleging that the trial court erred, inter alia, in refusing to conduct a Batson inquiry after the prosecutor had exercised a peremptory challenge to exclude a second black…
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