061786P.pdf   02/22/2007  Michael Cagle, Jr.  v.  Larry Norris
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-1786
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Melloy and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Prisoner case - habeas. Arkansas courts' determinations with respect
   to jury instructions on self-defense were not contrary to clearly
   established federal law and were not based on an unreasonable
   determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented; as a
   result, the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in failure to
   object to the instructions is rejected; trial counsel's performance
   concerning the handling of information that the victim in the case
   was intoxicated on methamphetamine did not fall below an objective
   standard of reasonableness and did not prejudice Cagle; claims of
   structural error in submission of the jury instruction and violation
   of the right to present a defense were procedurally defaulted.
  
061786P.pdf   01/24/2007  Michael Cagle, Jr.  v.  Larry Norris
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-1786
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Melloy and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Habeas Corpus - section 2254. District court properly denied claim
   ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to object to jury
   instruction on self-defense justification because defendant did not
   prove prejudice and for failure to argue for admission of evidence
   that victim was intoxicated on methamphetamine because defendant failed
   to show unreasonable performance. Claim that jury instruction error was
   structural error was procedurally barred notwithstanding that it was
   raised in state post-conviction proceedings and cause and prejudice or
   miscarriage of justice was not demonstrated.