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RASTA v. DONAHUE

No. W2013-02100-CCA-R3-HC.

SHADEED RASTA A/K/A ROBERT WILLIAMS, v. MICHAEL DONAHUE, WARDEN.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Filed April 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shadeed Rasta, a/k/a Robert Williams, Whiteville, Tennessee, pro se.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; and Sophia S. Lee , Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which THOMAS T. WOODALL and ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, JJ., joined.

OPINION

JAMES CURWOOD WITT, Jr., J.

The petitioner, Shadeed Rasta, also known as Robert Williams, appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, which challenged his 2009 conviction of felony murder. Discerning no error, we affirm.

In 2008, the Davidson County grand jury charged the petitioner with robbery and felony murder. The petitioner pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony murder,1 and the trial court...

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