Presumption Of Intent

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• Al Mancuso v. Scully
  824 F.2d 154· 2d Cir.· 1987-07-27
  The court held that recent Supreme Court decisions did not alter the prior ruling that the jury instructions in Mancuso's felony murder trial were harmless error and did not violate Sandstrom v. Montana.
• Fratarcangelo v. Smith
  792 F.2d 40· 2d Cir.· 1986-06-02
  The court held that the jury instructions, when read as a whole, did not create an unconstitutional presumption of intent, and any error in a separate instruction was harmless.
• Roberts v. Marshall
  736 F.2d 1126· 6th Cir.· 1984-06-22
  The court held that the jury instructions regarding 'purposely' for murder and 'knowingly' for drug possession did not violate due process, and that claims not objected to at trial were procedurally barred.
• Johnson v. Balkcom
  695 F.2d 1320· 11th Cir.· 1983-01-17
  The court held that the district court's dismissal of the habeas petition was proper, affirming the denial of relief on both ineffective assistance of counsel and jury instruction claims.
• Jordan v. Hammock
  682 F.2d 52· 2d Cir.· 1982-06-24
  The court held that the jury charge's presumption of intent was not a federal constitutional error because the defendant's future actions were not natural consequences of his present acts.
• United States v. McIE
  484 F.2d 20· 4th Cir.· 1973-09-18
  The court held that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, criminal intent was proven, and the lower court did not err in refusing to require the introduction of FBI reports.