Legal Opinion
Carmen Labruna v. U. S. Marshal, Western District of New York, and Attorney General of the State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 25, 1981No. 387, Docket 81-2251PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Carmen LaBruna appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Elfvin, Judge, dismissing his application for a writ of habeas corpus for failure to exhaust his state remedies as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) and (c) (1976). 1 LaBruna’s underlying contention, that the evidence adduced at his trial was insufficient to support his conviction, was never presented to the state courts as a federal constitutional claim because at the time of his state appeal, the federal rule required a showing that “no…
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