ANGEL v. MOHN

No. 14272.

253 S.E.2d 63 (1979)

Lennis Lee ANGEL v. Richard MOHN, Acting Superintendent, West Virginia Penitentiary as successor to Bobby J. Leverette.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Daugherty, Charleston, for petitioner.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Hardison, Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant.


MILLER, Justice:

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Kanawha County upon the denial of petitioner's writ of habeas corpus, it is claimed that the Circuit Court erroneously applied the doctrine of harmless constitutional error.

The alleged underlying constitutional error was the giving of an instruction presuming first degree murder from the use of a deadly weapon.1 In Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684...

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