GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Aiken appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition pursuant to Rule 9(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254 (1976). Aiken was resentenced in 1973; his habeas petition, however, was not filed until 1979, due to an undenied lack of diligence by earlier counsel. The petition presents claims challenging the voluntariness of Aiken's confession as well as the effects of pretrial publicity.
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