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COLEMAN v. THOMPSON

No. 89-7662.

501 U.S. 722 (1991)

111 S.Ct. 2546

115 L.Ed.2d 640

COLEMAN v. THOMPSON, WARDEN

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hall argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Daniel J. Goldstein and Richard G. Price.

Donald R. Curry, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General, H. Lane Kneedler, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Stephen D. Rosenthal, Deputy Attorney General, and Jerry P. Slonaker, Senior Assistant Attorney General.*

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a case about federalism. It concerns the respect that federal courts owe the States and the States' procedural rules when reviewing the claims of state prisoners in federal habeas corpus.

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A Buchanan County, Virginia, jury convicted Roger Keith Coleman of rape and capital murder and fixed the sentence at death for the murder. The trial court imposed...

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