WEIGEL, District Judge.
Melvin Ray Burrow appeals a district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that the state trial court erred in giving a jury instruction which unconstitutionally shifted the burden of proof to the defendant in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We affirm the district court.
Burrow was tried in state court on charges of felony murder, attempted...
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