Legal Opinion
Hill v. Zimmerman
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 23, 1982No. Civ. 82-0307PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CONABOY, District Judge.
Petitioner, Clyde Eugene Hill, presently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, filed this habeas corpus action on March 10,1982, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1966). In it he requests this Court to set aside his October 1972 criminal conviction in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of two counts of second degree murder. 1 The principal ground raised in support thereof is that the trial court’s instruction to the jury placing the burden of proving insanity by a preponderance of the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ReillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Clyde Eugene Hill v. Charles Zimmerman, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and District Attorney for Dauphin CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Commonwealth v. HillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. ReillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988