Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 23, 2010No. 07-5415PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial in the Montgomery County Criminal Court in Tennessee, *881Donald Gene Brooks was convicted of first-degree felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, theft of property valued over $1,000, and setting fire to personal property. He was sentenced to life plus 27 years of imprisonment. After Brooks’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, he petitioned for state post-conviction relief, but was turned down at all levels of the state judiciary. He subsequently filed a petition for federal habeas corpus relief, raising a…
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3Cited by148 opinions
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