Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 20, 1982.
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Larry Fornash appeals from the district court's denial of relief on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Fornash claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and denied due process of law by jury instructions which improperly shifted the burden of proof when he was convicted of the first degree murder of his common-law wife, Verna Joan...
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