Chester v. Commissioner of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

OPINION *

Appellant Frank Robert Chester appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying in part his federal habeas corpus petition. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.

I. Background and Procedural History

Chester and codefendant Richard Laird met the victim, Anthony Milano, a gay man, in a bar in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. After a night of drinking, the three men left together in Milano’s car shortly after the bar closed. Milano’s bloodied body was discovered in a wooded area the next evening. His skull was fractured and…