Churchwell v. Lebo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION LAVONTA CHURCHWELL, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:17-cv-00916 ) JONATHAN LEBO, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Lavonta Churchwell is currently serving an effective sentence of life in prison based on his 2010 conviction by a Davidson County, Tennessee jury of two counts of felony murder, two counts of especially aggravated robbery, and two counts of criminally negligent homicide. On June 5, 2017, he filed his pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.)…