Boyd v. Tice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TYRELL BOYD, : 1:21-CV-00886 : Petitioner, : (Magistrate Judge Schwab) : : v. : : ERIC TICE, Warden SCI-Somerset, : : Respondent. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction. In 2013, the petitioner Tyrell Boyd shot and killed a man. In this habeas corpus case, Boyd is challenging his conviction from the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania for murder and other crimes. He claims that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object at trial to references that he was on parole at the time of the murder. For…