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ROY v. COXON

No. 1260, Docket 90-2013.

907 F.2d 385 (1990)

James ROY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas Michael COXON, Superintendent, Windsor Correctional Facility, and Joseph Patrisi, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Nelson, Montpelier, Vt. (Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender General, Montpelier, Vt., on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Shelley A. Hill, Windsor County State's Atty., White River Junction, Vt., for respondents-appellees.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, NEWMAN, and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner James Roy, a Vermont prisoner convicted of assaulting a police officer, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Chief Judge, denying his petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that the state trial court's charge to the jury failed to state that the prosecution was required to prove that Roy knew the person...

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