1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 118 F.3d
  5. 118 F.3d 900 (1997)
 

BEVERLY v. WALKER

No. 1487, Docket 95-2620.

118 F.3d 900 (1997)

James BEVERLY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hans WALKER, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally Wasserman, New York City, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Martin A. Hotvet, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, NY (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General, Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General, Peter G. Crary, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, NY, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, MINER and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

James Beverly appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Scullin, J.) dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus based in part on a state court's jury instructions concerning reasonable doubt. Finding no constitutional error in the instructions, we affirm.

On October 22, 1985, following a jury trial in Onondaga County Court, Beverly was convicted on six counts...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases