OPINION*
TANG, Circuit Judge:
Herd appeals the district court's dismissal of his federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982) challenging his 1974 conviction for first degree murder and sentence to life imprisonment. Herd contends the state trial court committed constitutional errors in (1) issuing an intent instruction violative of Sandstrom v. Montana,
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