· 9/16/1991
Leonardo Q. Hernandez v. Gary Rayl Attorney General for the State of Kansas
Citations
- 944 F.2d 794
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 21537
- 1991 WL 178220
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- concluding that a burden-shifting instruction on intent was not harmless because the evidence presented against defen- dant was not so strong that the court could say that the jury found intent established independently of the unconstitutional instruction
- victim shot four times during bar altercation under uncertain cir- cumstances; burden-shifting intent instruction found harmful
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Judges: Seymour, Ebel, Babcock
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