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WALKER v. ENDELL

No. 86-4230.

850 F.2d 470 (1987)

Scott A. WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger ENDELL, Director, of the Alaska Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1987.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing June 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Bryson, and Walter Share, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioner-appellant.

David Mannheimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, and Ronald W. Lorensen, Acting Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for respondent-appellee.

Before FLETCHER, BOOCHEVER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 27, 1988.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Scott Walker filed this habeas petition claiming that the following errors violated his right to due process: requiring him to prove duress by a preponderance of the evidence; failing to instruct the jury on the meaning of recklessness, proof of which negates the duress defense; and instructing the jury to view "accomplice testimony" with distrust. He also claimed...

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