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Second Circuit· 5/12/1989

Brooks v. Jones

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  • 875 F.2d 30
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 6967

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  • applying Barker factors to find, prior to enactment of AEDPA, that a pattern of “inexcusable neglect by a succession of assigned counsel” in state court over an eight-year period justified exempting the petitioner from exhaustion requirement
  • eight- 6 year delay in state appeal excused exhaustion where there was a pattern of neglect by counsel and 7 delay by the court

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