SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
The state of Virginia appeals the district court's judgment granting Curby C. Rife a writ of habeas corpus. Rife was convicted in a Virginia state court of first degree murder. He contended, and the district court agreed, that the state did not prove every material element of the crime for which Rife was convicted — specifically, that there was insufficient evidence presented at trial that the bullet wound Rife inflicted caused the victim...
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