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· 10/4/1994

Dominick Cacoperdo v. Peter Demosthenes the Attorney General of the State of Nevada

Citations

  • 37 F.3d 504
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7609
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 13976
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 27636
  • 1994 WL 533577

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that a reply “is 25 not the proper pleading to raise additional grounds for relief”
  • concluding a state court’s sentence 18 determination was “matter of state criminal procedure and is not within the purview of 19 federal habeas corpus”
  • stating that a reply in support of a petition “is not the proper pleading to raise additional grounds for relief’
  • holding Sixth Amendment witness interference claim fails without showing of relevance and materiality
  • finding new claims raised in a traverse were 14 not properly presented to district court and not cognizable on appeal
  • notwithstanding petitioner’s characterization of claim as due process violation, claim was 8 matter of state criminal procedure not within purview of federal habeas court

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Judges: Wallace, Wiggins, Turrentine

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