U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Lonnie Owens v. Mike Parris
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Raymond M. Kethledge
- Filed
- July 30, 2019
- Case
- Lonnie Owens v. Mike Parris
- Case status
- Decided
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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…
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