United States of America Ex Rel. Jose R. Castro v. Vincent J. Regan, Superintendent, State Prison, Leesburg, New Jersey

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether appellant is entitled to habeas corpus relief from his 1971 New Jersey conviction for second degree murder.

Having exhausted his state remedies, 1 appellant filed a pro se petition with the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, contending, inter alia, that he was denied due process and equal protection “by the multitudinous use of ‘presumptions’ and ‘presumptive-type’ phrases during the trial court’s charge to the jury; thereby endangering and depriving the petitioner of his right to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable…