What is the test for a federal habeas corpus application?
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The following excerpt is from Daye v. Attorney General of State of New York, 696 F.2d 186 (2nd Cir. 1982):
The federal habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. Secs. 2254(b) and (c), embodies the long-established principle that a state prisoner seeking federal habeas review of his conviction ordinarily must first exhaust available state remedies. 3 See Picard v.
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