FORNASH v. MARSHALL

No. 81-3720.

686 F.2d 1179 (1982)

Larry FORNASH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald C. MARSHALL, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Shenfield, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

Elizabeth Dean, Karen Kolmacic, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellee.

Before MARTIN, Circuit Judge, and PECK and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judges.


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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