def expectedLabelPosition(peptide, labelStateInfo, sequence=None,
                          modPositions=None):
    if modPositions is None:
        modPositions = maspy.peptidemethods.returnModPositions(peptide,
                                                               indexStart=0
                                                               )
    if sequence is None:
        sequence = maspy.peptidemethods.removeModifications(peptide)
    currLabelMods = dict()
    for labelPosition, labelSymbols in viewitems(labelStateInfo['aminoAcidLabels']):
        labelSymbols = aux.toList(labelSymbols)
        if labelSymbols == ['']:
            pass
        elif labelPosition == 'nTerm':
            currLabelMods.setdefault(0, list())
            currLabelMods[0].extend(labelSymbols)
        else:
            for sequencePosition in aux.findAllSubstrings(sequence,
                                                          labelPosition):
                currLabelMods.setdefault(sequencePosition, list())
                currLabelMods[sequencePosition].extend(labelSymbols)
    if labelStateInfo['excludingModifications'] is not None:
        for excludingMod, excludedLabelSymbol in viewitems(labelStateInfo['excludingModifications']):
            if excludingMod not in modPositions:
                continue
            for excludingModPos in modPositions[excludingMod]:
                if excludingModPos not in currLabelMods:
                    continue
                if excludedLabelSymbol not in currLabelMods[excludingModPos]:
                    continue
                if len(currLabelMods[excludingModPos]) == 1:
                    del(currLabelMods[excludingModPos])
                else:
                    excludedModIndex = currLabelMods[excludingModPos].index(excludedLabelSymbol)
                    currLabelMods[excludingModPos].pop(excludedModIndex)
    for sequencePosition in list(viewkeys(currLabelMods)):
        currLabelMods[sequencePosition] = sorted(currLabelMods[sequencePosition])
    return currLabelMods