Woodard v. State of Tennessee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT WINCHESTER DENNIS WOODARD, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No.: 4:16-CV-102-DCLC-CHS ) MARTIN FRINK1, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Dennis Woodard, a prisoner of the Tennessee Department of Correction, has filed a federal habeas corpus petition pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging the constitutionality of his confinement pursuant to a Bedford County conviction for first-degree premeditated murder [Doc. 1], as well as two subsequent amended petitions [Doc. 11 and 20]. Having considered the submissions of the parties,…