Perry Lee Herring v. Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of Corrections

WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Perry Lee Herring appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, Judge, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, Herring argues, inter alia, that he was deprived of due process by Connecticut’s joinder of two unrelated murder charges for trial and the state trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury regarding the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and that locking the courtroom doors during the jury charge deprived him of a fair and public trial.

We affirm the judgment of…