Legal Opinion
Gerald Jerome Rock v. Phillip Coombe, Jr., Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 2, 1982No. 369, Docket 82-2211PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Gerald Jerome Rock, a New York State prisoner convicted of second-degree murder, appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jack B. Weinstein, Chief Judge, dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus which contended, inter alia, that the trial judge’s instructions to the jury, once in the main charge and twice in supplemental charges, that “a man is presumed to intend the natural consequences of his act,” unconstitutionally shifted to Rock the burden of proof on the issue of intent. See…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Vito Matarese v. Eugene Lefevre, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility, and Robert Abrams, Attorney General, State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Robert Gray Graham v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Joseph D. McMAHON P-7814, Appellant, v. Thomas FULCOMER, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Shaykh Matulu Abdurrahman v. Robert Henderson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Norman Silverstein v. Robert HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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