(DOWNLOAD) "Moss v. Lockhart" by United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Moss v. Lockhart
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 17, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge. John T. Moss appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). Moss is serving a life sentence following his state court conviction of capital murder for a killing that occurred during a robbery attempt at a motel. He argues that one of the instructions required him to assume the burden of proof with respect to an element of the offense. He also complains that there was insufficient evidence to convict him, and that his trial was unfair because of prosecutorial misconduct and because the trial court seated both a mother and her son as jurors at his trial. We affirm the district court's1 denial of the writ.