Solomon Monk, Also Known as David L. Martin v. Colonel Gordon N. Zelez, Commandant

Petitioner-appellant Solomon Monk, a former marine corporal incarcerated since 1978 in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 1 Monk, who was convicted in a general court-martial of murdering his wife, asserts that his conviction was obtained in violation of his constitutional right to due process of law because (1) the military judge’s reasonable doubt instruction impermissibly lessened the prosecution’s burden of proof; (2) the military judge gave an incomplete jury…