Ronald Maurice Stump v. John Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1968-12-16

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MATTHES, Circuit Judge, with whom Chief Judge VAN OOSTERHOUT and Circuit Judge MEHAFFY join, dissenting. I concur in Chief Judge VAN OOST-ERHOUT’s dissent. In examining the trial court’s comprehensive instructions, I find that the jury was informed on at least twelve different occasions that it was required to determine beyond a reasonable…

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