William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1985-07-23

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*1387 ,R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge: INTRODUCTION This case was taken en banc principally to consider two of the several constitutional claims asserted by appellant William Brooks. In Section One of this opinion, we discuss the claim that the instructions on malice at Brooks’ trial improperly shifted the burden of proof in violation of <e…

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