Legal Opinion
Gary Lee Rock v. Leroy S. Zimmerman John F. Nelson, District Attorney of Franklin County
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 24, 1992No. 90-5120PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal from the district court’s denial of relief in a habeas corpus proceeding, 729 F.Supp. 398, Gary Lee Rock asks us to set aside his 1985 Pennsylvania state *1241court convictions on two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder, and two counts of aggravated assault.
The judge at Rock’s trial attempted to explain to the jury, first, that they should determine whether petitioner had a specific intent to kill by examining all of the circumstances surrounding the death of his victims and, second, that they should infer that…
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