KING v. WESTBROOKS

No. 13-6387.

847 F.3d 788 (2017)

Terry Lynn KING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bruce WESTBROOKS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dana C. Hansen Chavis , FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE, INC., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer L. Smith , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dana C. Hansen Chavis , FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE, INC., Knoxville, Tennessee, Wade V. Davies , Stephen Ross Johnson , RITCHIE, DILLARD, DAVIES & JOHNSON, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, C. Mark Pickrell , THE PICKRELL LAW GROUP, P.C., Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer L. Smith , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER, MOORE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This death penalty case arises out of the kidnapping and murder of Diana K. Smith by Petitioner-Appellant Terry King. Following the district court's dismissal of King's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, we granted a certificate of appealability on...

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