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WILSON v. DUCKWORTH

No. 81-2902.

716 F.2d 415 (1983)

Johnie B. WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH and Indiana Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lee Owen, II, Leg. Asst. Found., Michigan City, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

Bruce L. Kamplain, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondents-appellees.

Before BAUER, WOOD, and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Wilson appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he challenged the language of a jury instruction. We affirm.

I.

Wilson was convicted in a 1973 jury trial of murder committed while perpetrating the felony of armed robbery. Wilson interposed as a defense a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Two physicians examined Wilson and...

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