Charles Joseph Lobosco v. A.C. Thomas, Warden

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant Charles LoBosco, a native of Germany, had been in the United States for only a few weeks when he and an acquaintance, John Frasier, traveled to Underground Atlanta to purchase drugs. They met Anthony Willie Gray, who sold them an amount of the drug “THC” and joined them in their vehicle. Gray passed out from alcohol in the back seat; LoBosco and Frasier felt they had been sold bad drugs and drove to an isolated, wooded area. Lo-Bosco and Frasier then assaulted Gray. According to LoBosco’s confession, LoBos-co stabbed Gray while Frasier held him. At…