Richard Houston v. Michael Dutton, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary

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• holding unconstitutional burden-shifting instruction on presumed malice was not harmless because it essentially prevented jury from considering defendant's lone argument that the mur- der, produced by three gunshot wounds, was accidental
• holding unconstitu- tional burden-shifting instruction on presumed malice was not harm- less because it essentially prevented jury from considering defendant's lone argument that the murder, produced by three gunshot wounds, was accidental
• denying habeas relief to a state prisoner because \[n]o federal issues are implicated and no federal question is presented in determining whether a change in state law is to be applied retroactively\
• victim shot four times during bar altercation under uncertain cir- cumstances; burden-shifting intent instruction found harmful

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