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· 10/6/1986

Richard L. Whitley v. Toni v. Bair, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center

Citations

  • 802 F.2d 1487
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 31590

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the “failure to appeal from the circuit court’s ruling . . . therefore, deprived the Virginia Supreme Court the opportunity to rule on the merits of his claims”
  • “failure to appeal claims disposed of by state habeas trial court constitutes a procedural bar to further federal review of such claims.”
  • “failure to appeal claims disposed of by state habeas trial court constitutes a procedural bar to further federal review of such claims.”
  • failure to appeal adverse decision of state habeas court constitutes a bar to further federal review of a claim
  • failure to appeal claims disposed of by state habeas trial court constitutes a procedural default that bars further federal review of the claims
  • “failure to appeal claims disposed of by state habeas trial court constitutes a procedural bar to further federal review of such claims”

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Judges: Winter, Widener, Sprouse

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