United States Supreme Court

A state prisoner ordinarily does not "fairly present" a federal claim to a state court if that court must read beyond a petition, a brief, or similar papers to find material, such as a lower court opinion in the case, that will alert it to the presence of such a claim. Accordingly, the prisoner seeking habeas relief in the instant case failed to exhaust available state rememdies.

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• Decided 03/02/2004
• Published 03/02/2004

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• United States Supreme Court

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