BURRIS v. SMITH

No. 15-2891.

819 F.3d 1037 (2016)

Donovan M. BURRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Judy P. SMITH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Stevenson , Attorney, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sara Lynn Shaeffer , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Donovan Burris argues that a supplemental jury instruction given during his trial in Wisconsin state court misled the jury in a way that violated the Constitution. On direct appeal, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that although the instruction may have been ambiguous, it was not reasonably likely that it misled...

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