U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Lonnie Owens v. Mike Parris
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge David William McKeague
- Judge Raymond M. Kethledge
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
Case history
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July 30, 2019decided Decision issued in Lonnie Owens v. Mike Parris
Opinions and writings
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. Lonnie Lee Owens covered his estranged wife's nose and mouth with duct tape, hogtied her arms and legs behind her back, and left her alone in a shed to die. A Tennessee jury convicted Owens of second-degree murder. The trial judge increased Owens's sentence based in part on the judge's finding that a sentencing enhancement was warranted for "exceptional cruelty…