Tarvis v. Moran

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on an appeal from a denial of an application for postconviction relief filed pursuant to G.L.1956 (1985 Reenactment) chapter 9.1 of title 10. We affirm.

In 1981 petitioner, John Tarvis (Tarvis), was convicted of first-degree murder and other crimes. The conviction was affirmed. by this court in State v. Tarvis, 465 A.2d 164 (R.I.1983). Tarvis then sought federal habeas corpus relief that was denied by the Federal District Court of Rhode Island and the First Circuit Court of Appeals because he had not exhausted his state remedies.

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