Legal Opinion
Arthur Jackson Burton v. Jack Bergman
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1981No. 80-1497PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Arthur Jackson Burton appeals the District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted in a Michigan state court of assault with intent to commit murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed his conviction to the Michigan Court of Appeals, contending that the trial judge’s jury instructions were faulty. The conviction was affirmed, and the Michigan Supreme Court denied leave to appeal.
In his petition for habeas relief, Burton alleges 1) that the trial court’s instructions to the jury deprived him of due process of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by24 opinions
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