O’Connor, J. (dissenting). In determining whether a defendant’s claim of a constitutional violation at trial has been waived, the court “must determine whether the constitutional theory upon which the petitioner now relies is a theory which was sufficiently developed at the time of the petitioner’s trial and appeal to afford the petitioner a genuine opportunity to raise his claim” (footnote omitted). DeJoinville v. Co…
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