Alvin D. Shaver v. Shawn Phillips

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE ALVIN D. SHAVER, ) ) Case No. 3:25-cv-448 Petitioner, ) ) Judge Atchley v. ) ) Magistrate Judge McCook SHAWN PHILLIPS, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for habeas corpus relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his 1996 Cocke and Greene County homicide convictions by asserting that the Tennessee statute underlying the convictions did not comply with the enactment clause, and that his counsel was ineffective for not raising such a claim prior to Petitioner…