Carey v. Myers

OPINION

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Derrick Carey pled guilty to felony murder and especially aggravated robbery in a Tennessee state court. Carey was sentenced to life imprisonment on the felony murder charge and to a consecutive sentence of twenty years imprisonment on the especially aggravated robbery charge. After exhausting his remedies with the Tennessee courts, Carey filed a petition for federal habeas corpus relief, alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that his guilty plea was involuntary. The district court reviewed all of Carey’s claims and…