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MASTRACCHIO v. VOSE

No. 00-2558.

274 F.3d 590 (2001)

Gerald S. MASTRACCHIO, Petitioner, Appellant, v. George VOSE, Director, Dep't of Corrections, State of Rhode Island, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Lynch Hardiman, Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner.

Annie Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General, was on brief, for respondent.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Asserting that the prosecution failed to divulge the full extent of special favors showered upon its star witness, petitioner-appellant Gerald S. Mastracchio, a state prisoner, unsuccessfully sought a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The petitioner now appeals that court's order of dismissal. Although the state court did err in three respects and the petitioner's arguments are ably presented...

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