Legal Opinion
Warren W. Dougan v. Joseph Ponte
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 14, 1984No. 83-1297PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Warren Dougan, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dougan, who was convicted by a Massachusetts state court of rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, and committing an unnatural act, alleges that his constitutional rights were violated during his state trial. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dis missed petitioner’s claims on the merits. Because we conclude that petitioner failed to exhaust two of his three claims before bringing this petition in federal court, we do not reach the merits…
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