Schultz v. Tilton, No. 09-55998 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePetitioner appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. At issue was whether the California trial court's use of California Jury Instruction, Criminal (CALJIC) No. 2.50.01 violated petitioner's constitutional right to due process by allowing the jury to find him guilty of charged offenses based only on facts found by a preponderance of the evidence. The court held that because the decision of the California Court of Appeals to reject petitioner's constitutional challenge to CALJIC No. 2.50.01 was not contrary to clearly established federal law, the court affirmed.
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