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STEPNEY v. LOPES

No. 753, Docket 84-2317.

760 F.2d 40 (1985)

William H. STEPNEY, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raymond LOPES and Joseph I. Lieberman, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wade, Hartford, Conn. (Robinson & Cole, Hartford, Conn., on brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Carl Schuman, Asst. State's Atty., Wallingford, Conn. (Anne C. Dranginis, Asst. State's Atty., Susann E. Gill, Deputy Asst. State's Atty., Office of the Chief State's Atty., Wallingford, Conn., on brief), for respondents-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, NEWMAN and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner William Stepney appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, Judge, dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which asserted principally that the admission at trial of his prearrest statement requesting an attorney violated his Fifth Amendment rights. In an opinion reported at 592 F.Supp. 1538 (1984), familiarity...

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