WHITE v. ARN

No. 84-3963.

788 F.2d 338 (1986)

Louise WHITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dorothy ARN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Aynes, School of Law, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, Dean Carro (argued), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Steele, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, Cordelia A. Glenn (argued), for respondent-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and CONTIE, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, District Judge.


CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Louise White appeals the order of the district court dismissing her petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. White essentially raises one issue, whether the Ohio statute which requires defendants to prove self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence is unconstitutional because it removes from the state its burden to prove every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. For the reasons that...

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