Legal Opinion
Kontakis v. Beyer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 11, 1994No. Nos. 93-5178, 93-5198PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
By an order entered on February 16, 1993, as amended by an order entered on March 8, 1993, the district court granted Nicholas Kontakis’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that under Humanik v. Beyer, 871 F.2d 432 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 812, 110 S.Ct. 57, 107 L.Ed.2d 25 (1989), the state trial court’s jury instructions in his murder trial were unconstitutional. The dis*112trict court, however, rejected the numerous other contentions Kontakis raised to support his claim for habeas relief. The respondents, the Superintendent of the…
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