Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Workman v. Superintendent Albion SCI
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 2019No. 16-1969PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from the shooting death of Lawson Hunt in August 2006. Appellant Jeffrey Workman was one of two people to shoot Hunt, and was convicted of first-degree murder in Pennsylvania on a theory of transferred intent. His trial counsel, pursuing what might generously be called a unique theory of criminal liability, did not meaningfully test the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's case. According to Workman, his trial counsel told him that he could not be convicted of murder because Hunt was already dead when he was struck by Workman's bullet. Based on this…
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