Teague v. State

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The petitioner, Raymond Eugene Teag-ue, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury of his peers. The jury subsequently sentenced the petitioner to the extreme penalty of death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Tennessee Supreme Court on direct appeal. State v. Teague, 645 S.W.2d 392 (Tenn.1983), appeal after remand, 680 S.W.2d 785 (Tenn.1984). The United States Supreme Court denied the petitioner’s application for the writ of certiorari. Teague v. Tennessee, 473 U.S. 911, 105 S.Ct. 3538, 87 L.Ed.2d 662 (1985).

On November 1, 1985, the petitioner…