Legal Opinion
Larry Fornash v. Ronald C. Marshall
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1982No. 81-3720PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Larry Fornash appeals from the district court’s denial of relief on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Fornash claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and denied due process of law by jury instructions which improperly shifted the burden of proof when he was convicted of the first degree murder of his common-law wife, Verna Joan Adkins, in an Ohio state count in 1970. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
Fornash and Verna Adkins had lived together in Canton, Ohio for about one year prior to a separation on…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by48 opinions
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