Infantolino v. State

OPINION MURRAY, Justice.

The applicant John Infantolino appeals pursuant to G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 10-9.1-9, as enacted by P.L.1974, ch. 220, § 3, from a Superior Court justice’s denial of his application for postconviction relief from his conviction in January 1975 of second-degree murder. 1 In light of our subsequent ruling in In re John Doe, R.I., 390 A.2d 920 (1978), Infantolino contends that at his trial the judge instructed the jury incorrectly because the instructions placed the burden of proof on the issue of self-defense upon him. The applicant argues that our ruling in Doe…