Roman v. DiGuglielmo

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a federal court “may bypass the exhaustion issue altogether should [it] decide that the petitioner’s habeas claim fails on the merits”
• holding that a federal court “may bypass the exhaustion issue altogether should [it] decide that the petitioner’s habeas claim fails on the merits”
• holding that a federal court “may bypass the exhaustion issue altogether should [it] decide that the petitioner’s habeas claim fails on the merits”
• stating that “to the extent there has been any shift in Pennsylvania law, we cannot comfortably say that it is clear enough to alter our decision in DeFoy”
• stating that, when reviewing a petition for writ of habeas corpus, we must “consider all factual allegations in a light most favorable to the petitioner to determine whether he has stated a cognizable claim for habeas relief”
• allowing state courts the first opportunity to pass upon federal constitutional claims furthers the policies of comity and federalism

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).