MONSANTO v. U.S.

No. 01-2286.

348 F.3d 345 (2003)

Peter MONSANTO Petitioner-Appellant, v. U.S.A., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen P. Cassidy, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, New York, N.Y., for Petitioner-Appellant.

Anirudh Bansal, Assistant United States Attorney, for James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (George S. Canellos, Gary Stein, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: CALABRESI and SACK, Circuit Judges, and GARAUFIS, District Judge.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Peter Monsanto appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Ward, J.) dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant contends 1) that the district court was wrong to conclude that an error in the court's jury instruction at Monsanto's trial was harmless, and 2) that Monsanto's conviction for two offenses violates...

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