Legal Opinion
Darryl E. Smith v. Robert Farley and Indiana Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1994No. 92-1299PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner had requested habeas relief from his recent state sentence that had been enhanced based on an allegedly invalid prior state conviction. We affirm and hold that a federal court should not entertain a state prisoner’s challenge to the constitutionality of a past conviction used to enhance a new sentence unless that prisoner has not been afforded by the state a full and fair opportunity to collaterally challenge that past conviction.
I. Background
In 1988, Darryl Smith was found guilty of…
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