Bethea v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TERENCE K. BETHEA, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civ. Action No. 13-2021 (RMC) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia convicted petitioner Terence K. Bethea of six counts of an eight-count indictment arising from a stabbing incident. Mr. Bethea was sentenced in October 2010 to an aggregate prison term of 144 months followed by five years’ supervised release. His convictions were affirmed on direct appeal. In the instant petition for habeas relief under 28…