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PARADISE v. CCI WARDEN

No. 744, Docket 97-2291.

136 F.3d 331 (1998)

Wilmer PARADISE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CCI WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Dorsi, Law Offices of Jerome Lacobelle, West Haven, CT; Robert C. Mirto, Mirto, Ketaineck, Barrett & DiCrosta, P.C., West Haven, CT, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James A. Killen, Senior Assistant State's Attorney, Office of the Chief State's Attorney, Rocky Hill, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before OAKES, WALKER, Circuit Judges, and BRIEANT, District Judge.

BRIEANT, District Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Wilmer Paradise ("Paradise") was convicted of capital felony in violation of Connecticut General Statutes ("CGS") § 53a-54b, in Connecticut Superior Court, for the kidnapping and murder of Joseph "Jay" Cunningham. On this appeal from the District Court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Paradise contends that: (1) the circumstances underlying his capital felony conviction give rise to an unrebuttable...

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