BRANSFORD v. BROWN

No. 85-1872.

806 F.2d 83 (1986)

Robert C. BRANSFORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert BROWN; Dale Foltz, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart B. Lev, F. Michael Schuck, Asst. Defender (argued), Detroit, Mich., for petitioner-appellant.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., Jan J. Raven, Asst. Pros. Atty., Crim. Div., Wayne County, Detroit, Mich. (argued), for respondents-appellees.

Before ENGEL, JONES and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 7, 1987.

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

The most important question presented by this appeal is whether the unavailability of transcripts of jury instructions is a per se violation of a criminal defendant's due process rights. We hold that it is not.

Petitioner, Robert Carl Bransford, was convicted in January 1973 of first degree felony murder and armed robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment...

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