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Chalmers v. Mitchell, No. 94-2672, No. 137 (2nd Cir.) (73 F.3d 1262) (January 3, 1996) (Judge Thomas J. Meskill)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists February 26, 1996
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Case affirms a conviction, deespite an erroneous jury instruction re: reasonable doubt, which Judge Newman wrote, in dissent, made it "highly likely" that the jury applied the wrong definition of reasonable doubt.

This is one of those perplexing cases that causes defendants, criminal lawyers and the public to wonder whether ...

 

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  1. Chalmers v. Mitchell, No. 94-2672, No. 137 (2nd Cir.) (73 F.3d 1262) (January 3, 1996) (Judge Thomas J. Meskill)
  2. U.S. v. McGill, No. 95-10342 (5th Cir.) (74 F.3d 64) (January 18, 1996) (Judge W. Eugene Davis)
  3. Chalmers v. Mitchell, No. 94-2672, No. 137 (2nd Cir.) (73 F.3d 1262) (January 3, 1996) (Judge Thomas J. Meskill)
  4. U.S. v. Resto, No. 94-1678, No. 1628 (2nd Cir.) (74 F.3d 22) (January 3, 1996) (Judge Pierre N. Leval)
  5. U.S. v. Carvell, No. 95-1606 (1st Cir.) (74 F.3d 8) (January 19, 1996) (Judge Sandra L. Lynch)
  6. U.S. v. Sarno, No. 93-50859 (9th Cir.) (73 F.3d 1470) (December 11, 1995) (Judge Monroe G. McKay)
  7. U.S. v. Lanier, No. 93-5608 (6th Cir.) (73 F.3d 1380) (January 23, 1996) (Judge Gilbert S. Merritt)
  8. U.S. v. Fletcher, No. 94-5767 (4th Cir.) (74 F.3d 49) (January 29, 1996) (Judge Francis D. Jr. Murnaghan)
  9. U.S. v. Clements, No. 94-30519 (5th Cir.) (73 F.3d 1330) (January 22, 1996) (Judge Emilio M. Garza)
  10. U.S. v. Bruce, No. 5:94CR0305 (N.D.Ohio) (909 F.Supp. 1034) (December 14, 1995) (Judge Ann Aldrich)
  11. Peck v. U.S., No. 94-2444, No. 1021 (2nd Cir.) (73 F.3d 1220) (December 28, 1995) (Judge J. Daniel Mahoney)
  12. Artuso v. Hall, No. 95-30619 (5th Cir.) (74 F.3d 68) (January 22, 1996) (Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham)

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