OPINION & ORDER
SPRIZZO, District Judge:
Petitioner, Robert Howe, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). He was convicted of rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree on March 7, 1979 in New York Supreme Court, New York County. He asserts the following five grounds in support of his petition:
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