VARGAS v. BROWN

Civ. A. No. 81-0017.

512 F.Supp. 271 (1981)

Raul VARGAS v. John BROWN.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James MacFadyen, III, Barbara Hurst, Asst. Public Defenders, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff.

Kathryn A. Panciera, Appellate Division, Dept. of the Atty. Gen., R. I., Providence, R. I., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

Raul Vargas, currently serving a life sentence for first degree murder in the Adult Correctional Institutions, has petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that he was denied due process by the state trial court's refusal to enquire into the voluntariness of a prior statement made by one Eduardo Guitard — a witness at trial — before permitting the...

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