United States of America Ex Rel. James A. Stukes v. John P. Shovlin, Superintendent

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• refusing to consider two additional grounds for habeas relief that were not raised before the district court or briefed before this court
• applying Pennsylvania law, noting that proof of “common design or concerted action” is needed to “establish causation and to impute malice to the defendant” where a killing is committed by another
• 14 month delay sufficient to warrant inquiry

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).