FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge, dissenting. The majority appears to hold that failure to raise on a state appeal a federal constitutional claim is a waiver of the claim. In the facts of this case, moreover, the majority finds that a failure to emphasize is a failure to raise. Spurlark’s state appellate brief recounted the fact of denial of counsel of his choice at sentencing, although in argu…
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