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BURTON v. BERGMAN

No. 80-1497.

649 F.2d 428 (1981)

Arthur Jackson BURTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack BERGMAN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Jackson Burton, pro se.

Kathleen King, Chase Law School, Covington, Ky., for petitioner-appellant.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., Thomas L. Casey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for respondent-appellee.

Before WEICK and BOYCE F. MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and NIXON, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 20, 1981.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Arthur Jackson Burton appeals the District Court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted in a Michigan state court of assault with intent to commit murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed his conviction to the Michigan Court of Appeals, contending that the trial judge's jury instructions were faulty. The conviction was affirmed...

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