Buford Anthony Dupuy,petitioner-Appellant v. Burl Cain, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For this pro se, successive habeas petition, considered pursuant to the applicable standards prior to those imposed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), primarily at issue is whether the district court abused its discretion in determining that the challenged reasonable doubt jury instruction was not prejudicial for abuse of writ purposes. The other claims were also treated similarly. We AFFIRM.

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Buford Anthony Dupuy’s 1974 conviction for second-degree murder and life-sentence were affirmed in December 1975. State v. Dupuy,…