Legal Opinion
Richard Dunn v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Laurence Black v. Edward Cox
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 2, 1978No. 77-1408 and 77-1412PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge,
Petitioners, convicted of separate crimes in two state trials, sought habeas corpus and appeal the district court’s denials of the writ. While different juries heard petitioners’ trials, the instructions on reasonable doubt were virtually identical. We reproduce in the margin the instructions as given in Dunn’s case. 1 The New Hampshire Supreme Court concluded, in both cases, that the charge as a whole conveyed the correct concept of reasonable doubt. State v. Black, 116 N.H. 836, 837, 368 A.2d 1177 (1976); State v. Belkner, et al., N.H., 374 A.2d 938 (1977). The district…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by126 opinions
- United States v. SepulvedaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Jackie David MillerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- United States v. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Franjo Ivic, Nedjelko Sovulj, Ivan Cale and Stipe Ivkosic, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- State v. CottonIdaho Supreme Court · 1979
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