Reginald Jackson v. Ernest Edwards, Superintendent of Otisville Correctional Facility

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• concluding that the trial court’s failure to properly charge the jury under New York law violated the petitioner’s due process rights under Cupp
• concluding that Appellate Division erred in concluding that no reasonable view of evidence supported justification charge
• concluding that evidence supported justification charge for second-degree manslaughter under New York law where habeas petitioner contended that gun fired accidentally
• concluding that Appellate Division’s conclusion that no reasonable view of the evidence supported a justification charge constituted unreasonable application of Cupp
• concluding that failure to charge justification violated due process under Cupp where there was substantial probability that properly instructed jury “might well have acquitted”
• concluding that refusal to charge justification for second-degree manslaughter violated due process where petitioner confessed to shooting and, thus, “jury could not acquit without having been instructed on justification”

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