Moody v. Westbrooks

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION DEANGELO MOODY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 3:17-cv-01452 ) Judge Trauger MIKE PARRIS, Warden,1 ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM DeAngelo Moody is currently serving a sentence of life in prison based on his May 12, 2011 conviction by a Davidson County, Tennessee jury of first-degree felony murder. On November 15, 2017, he filed his pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) The respondent thereafter filed an answer to the petition (Doc. No. 8) and the…