Ellis Eaton, Jr. v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri

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• requiring “clear manifestation” that state court would not entertain petition presenting constitutional claim that could have been raised on direct appeal
• “State courts need not have definitively ruled on the merits of the issues raised by a petitioner seeking federal habeas corpus relief; rather, it is sufficient that the state courts have been properly presented with the opportunity to rule on the issues.”

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