Eakes v. State of Tennessee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION WILLIAM EAKES III, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:10-cv-00367 ) DAVID SEXTON, Warden, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner William Eakes, III is serving a sentence of life in prison after a jury convicted him of first-degree felony murder and second-degree murder when he was eighteen years old. In this federal habeas petition, which is before the Court for the second time, Eakes claims under Brady v. Maryland,

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(1963), that the prosecution deprived him of a fair trial by failing to disclose evidence…