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CONINGFORD v. RHODE ISLAND

No. 08-2219.

640 F.3d 478 (2011)

James D. CONINGFORD, Petitioner, Appellant, v. State of RHODE ISLAND, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Jalbert Patalano and Law Office of D.J. Patalano on brief for appellant.

Aaron L. Weisman , Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick C. Lynch , Attorney General, on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant James D. Coningford, a state prisoner, appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He posits that the improvident admission of evidence of prior bad acts rendered his state trial fundamentally unfair. We find his claim to be both unexhausted and untenable and, accordingly, affirm the denial of habeas relief.

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