Owens v. Perry

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE COLUMBIA DIVISION DANNY OWENS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) NO. 1:17-cv-00105 ) GRADY PERRY, Warden,1 ) JUDGE CAMPBELL ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM Danny Owens is currently serving a sentence of twenty years in prison based on his April 12, 2012 conviction by a Lawrence County, Tennessee jury of second-degree murder. On November 30, 2017, he filed his pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) Respondent thereafter filed an answer to the petition (Doc. No. 12) and the state court…