Simmons v. Dalsheim

Second Circuit

Simmons v. Dalsheim

702 F.2d 423

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit

DecidedMarch 18, 1983

DocketNo. 733, Docket 82-2230

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PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, Judge, granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner in this case, Michael Simmons, was convicted in 1976 of sodomy, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon after a jury trial in the Supreme Court of New York, Bronx County. At trial, on direct appeal, and in his habeas petition, Simmons argued that the trial court’s instructions to the jury regarding his alibi defense shifted the burden of proof and therefore violated his right to a fair trial. Judge Ward, in a thorough and careful opinion, granted the writ after concluding that the charge was erroneous and that the error could not be considered harmless. We affirm on the strength of Judge Ward’s opinion. See Simmons v. Dalsheim, 543 F.Supp. 729 (S.D. N.Y.1982).

Judgment affirmed.

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PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, Judge, granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner in this case, Michael Simmons, was convicted in 1976 of sodomy, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon after a jury trial in the Supreme Court of New York, Bronx County. At trial, on direct appeal, and in his habeas petition, Simmons argued that the trial court’s instructions to the jury regarding his alibi defense shifted the burden of proof and therefore violated his right to a fair trial. Judge Ward, in a thorough and careful opinion, granted the writ after concluding that the charge was erroneous and that the error could not be considered harmless. We affirm on the strength of Judge Ward’s opinion. See Simmons v. Dalsheim, 543 F.Supp. 729 (S.D. N.Y.1982).

Judgment affirmed.

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