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Second Circuit· 4/2/1990

Blazic v. Henderson

Citations

  • 900 F.2d 534
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 4985

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  • concluding that justification instruction would not have altered result because guilty verdict oh second-degree murder necessarily meant jury rejected petitioner’s testimony, which was only evidence supporting justification
  • “A mere error of state law does not deny a defendant his right to due process.”
  • panel rejected the petitioner’s contention that the omission of a justification charge “so infected the entire trial that the resulting conviction violate[d] due process” because it “perceive[d] no basis to conclude that a jury would have responded differently had the charge been given”

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