Cotham Jr v. Boyd

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION COY COTHAM, JR., ) ) Petitioner, ) ) No. 3:20-cv-00470 v. ) ) JUDGE RICHARDSON BERT C. BOYD, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Coy Cotham, Jr., an inmate of the North East Correctional Facility in Mountain City, Tennessee, filed a pro se Amended Petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his 2012 convictions and sentence for first degree murder and especially aggravated robbery. (Doc. No. 25, “Petition”). The Respondent, Warden Bert C. Boyd, filed the state court record (Doc. Nos. 14-15)…