Legal Opinion
Robert O'Neal v. Terry L. Morris
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1993No. 92-3763PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
The state of Ohio, on behalf of warden Terry L. Morris of the Chillicothe Correctional Institute, appeals the district court’s order which conditionally granted a writ of habeas corpus on the basis that improper jury instructions and other trial errors ren dered petitioner Robert O’Neal’s state murder trial fundamentally unfair. We reverse.
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In 1981 petitioner was convicted by an Ohio jury of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping in connection with the death of Henry Podborny. In January 1981 Podborny’s estranged wife, Dimple, lured him from his…
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