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Habeas corpus – ‘Prior bad act’ evidence
Paul Lamoureux//May 23, 2011//
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Where a petitioner contends that the admission of prior bad evidence rendered his state trial fundamentally unfair, we find his claim to be both “unexhausted” and “untenable” and therefore affirm a denial of his habeas corpus petition.
Coningford v. State of Rhode Island (Lawyers Weekly No. 01-118-11) (13 pages) (Selya, J.) Appealed from a judgment entered by Lisi, J., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Donna Jalbert Patalano and Law Office of D.J. Patalano on brief for the petitioner-appellant; Aaron L. Weisman and Patrick C. Lynch on brief for the state (Docket No. 098-2219) (May 19, 2011).
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