Legal Opinion
Tsoumas v. State of New Hampshire
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided June 26, 1979No. Civ. 78-447-D, 79-5-DPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
DEVINE, Chief Judge.
These are consolidated habeas corpus petitions (28 U.S.C. § 2254) in each of which the primary issue presented is the correctness of the state trial court’s jury instructions on “reasonable doubt”. 1 The Court has had the opportunity to hear oral argument and review the briefs of counsel together with the trial transcripts. 2
Petitioner Wentworth was one of approximately 1400 anti-nuclear demonstrators arrested on May 1, 1977, at the site of the ongoing construction of the Seabrook Nu clear Power Plant. He was subsequently charged with and convicted of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AverillMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Norma A. Koski v. Unwar J. Samaha, Clerk, Rockingham County Superior CourtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Breest v. PerrinDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1980
- Koski v. SamahaDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1980
- Norma A. Koski v. Unwar J. Samaha, Clerk, Rockingham County Superior CourtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981