ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Robert Dietz, petitioner, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges that certain jury instructions given by the South Dakota trial court violated the due process clause and denied him a fair trial.
On October 31, 1975, Dietz was convicted of third degree burglary following a jury trial. Dietz appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of South Dakota, alleging that the evidence...
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