SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
Petitioner-appellant George T. Williams is appealing from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
The question that is presented by this appeal is whether under the exhaustion of state remedies requirement of 28 U. S.C. § 2254(b) petitioner is required to appeal a dismissal of a state court post-conviction petition when the basis of that dismissal is a firmly entrenched state rule that a prior direct...
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