Certiorari denied. JUSTICE BLACKMUN would grant certiorari.
Statement of CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER concerning the denial of certiorari.
The time has come to consider limitations on the availability of the writ of habeas corpus in federal courts, especially for prisoners pressing stale claims that were fully ventilated in state courts. Others have expressed frustration in coping with stale cases, see, e.g., Illinois v. Allen,
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