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· 7/24/1980

Gary Tyler v. C. Paul Phelps, Director, Department of Corrections, and Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, William Guste, Jr.

Citations

  • 622 F.2d 172
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 15428

How courts have described this case

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  • agreeing with certain dictum statements made in Collins v. Auger, 577 F.2d 1107 (8th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1133, 99 S.Ct. 1057, 59 L.Ed.2d 96 (1979
  • counsel’s lack of knowledge that trial court’s burden-shifting charge violated due process constitutes adequate “cause” within the meaning of Sykes
  • Henderson standard met because \very little evidence to support (intent) other than the presumption\ created by erroneous jury instructions
  • Henderson standard met because “very little evidence to support [intent] other than the presumption” created by erroneous jury instructions

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Judges: Coleman, Peck, Kravitch

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