Legal Opinion
Steward v. Grace
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 30, 2005No. CIV.A.04-3587PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RUFE, District Judge.
On June 21, 1986, a jury found Petitioner David Steward guilty of first degree murder and numerous lesser offenses related to the shooting death of Dr. Michael Groll at Groll’s residence shortly after midnight on January 1, 1986. Petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment. After several journeys through the Pennsylvania state appeals processes, Petitioner filed the instant Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The following factual summary is based on the evidence presented at trial before the…
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