Legal Opinion
Joseph Martin Gaines v. Walter R. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 1, 2000No. 1998PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Martin Gaines (petitioner or appellant) appeals the judgment entered on August 30, 1996 in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, before Judge Richard J. Ar-cara, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994). Petitioner sought his release from state custody contending that the state trial court’s instructions defining the term “proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” which it gave to the jury that convicted him, denied him due process.
The appeal focuses on those instructions that purported to define…
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