Legal Opinion
James Joseph Darnell v. Vincent Swinney Attorney General of the State of Nevada
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1987No. 86-2481PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
James J. Darnell appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 638 F.Supp. 526. Darnell, a Reno police officer, was convicted of attempting to possess stolen firearms. Darnell argues that (1) his conviction represents an ex post facto criminalization of conduct that was not criminal when it occurred; (2) the trial court failed to instruct the jury adequately on the elements of the offense; (3) the trial court failed to instruct the jury adequately on the definition of reasonable doubt; (4) the trial court erred in allowing the…
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