William Caswell v. Joseph Ryan (Superintendent) Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania

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• explaining that “[t]he exhaustion requirement ensures that state courts have the first opportunity to review federal constitutional challenges to state convictions and preserves the role of state courts in protecting federally guaranteed rights”
• finding it “unpersuasive for [the petitioner] to argue ... that he had shown cause and prejudice on the basis of his belief ‘that because time had expired to file a timely petition for review in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, he could not ever file such a petition’ ”
• “[A]s a matter of comity, exhaustion should be strictly adhered to because it expresses respect for our dual judicial system.”
• “absence of counsel” not enough for cause

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