Davis v. Jones

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DE MENT, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This cause is before the court on Petitioner Timothy Charles Davis’ (“Davis”) petition for writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for a decision on the merits. 1 Davis, who was seventeen years old at the time of the offense, was convicted of murder by a jury in an Alabama state court and sentenced to death. The judgment of conviction and sentence of death were affirmed on direct review, and Davis’ petition was rejected by state collateral proceedings.

In the present proceeding, timely brought…