Scott A. Walker v. Roger Endell, Director, of the Alaska Department of Corrections

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Scott Walker filed this habeas petition claiming that the following errors violated his right to due process: requiring him to prove duress by a preponderance of the evidence; failing to instruct the jury on the meaning of recklessness, proof of which negates the duress defense; and instructing the jury to view “accomplice testimony” with distrust. He also claimed that punishing him cumulatively for robbery and two kidnappings, which arose out of the same transaction, violated the double jeopardy clause; and that sentencing him to a lengthy prison term was the…