CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Thurston Henderson, petitioner-appellant, from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. This appeal involves the matter of jury instructions on the burden of proof required on the defense of self-defense in a criminal case.
A simple statement of facts will bring the issue into focus.
On May 27, 1975, Henderson was indicted...
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