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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.

 

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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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