Watkins v. State of Tennessee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CEDRIC WATKINS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) No. 3:17-cv-01321 v. ) ) DARREN SETTLES, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Cedric Watkins, an inmate of the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex in Pikeville, Tennessee, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his conviction in the Davidson County Criminal Court of first-degree premeditated murder. Petitioner is serving a term of imprisonment for life in the Tennessee Department of Correction for this offense. (Doc. No. 1).…