Legal Opinion
John v. Carothers v. B. J. Rhay, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1979No. 77-1705PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
John V. Carothers, a state prisoner, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Carothers raises five constitutional challenges to his state conviction. We affirm the judgment of the district court, dismissing the petition with respect to one issue, for the reason that petitioner failed to exhaust his state remedies; and, with respect to the other four issues, we affirm the dismissal on the merits.
Proceedings Below
After a jury trial in King County, Washington, Carothers was convicted on two counts of murder in the first degree…
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