Legal Opinion

Ernesto Gonzalez v. James E. Sullivan

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 28, 1991No. 926, Docket 90-2455PublishedCited by 130 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

We have before us an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.) denying the petition of Ernesto Gonzalez for a writ of habeas corpus made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The adage “forewarned is forearmed” means essentially that in order to respond one must be alerted. Decisive to our holding is that a state court must be given fair warning of the federal nature of a petitioner’s claim before it can be said to be exhausted. From the dismissal of his petition Gonzalez raises four claims: (1) the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  4. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by130 opinions

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