CARRUTHERS v. MAYS

No. 14-5457.

889 F.3d 273 (2018)

Tony Von CARRUTHERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tony MAYS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael J. Passino , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John H. Bledsoe , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Michael J. Passino , Paul R. Bottei , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John H. Bledsoe , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which COLE, C.J. and STRANCH, J., joined. STRANCH, J. (pg. 293), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

Tony Von Carruthers appeals the district court's judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A Tennessee jury convicted Carruthers in 1996 of three counts of first-degree, premeditated murder and imposed a death sentence for each of the three murder convictions. The Tennessee Court of Criminal...

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