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EARNEST COSTOSTENO WOODLEY v. JAMES M. HOLLOWAY, WARDEN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 4, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Earnest Costosteno Woodley, Nashville, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; and Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

In 2016, a Davidson County jury convicted the Petitioner, Earnest Costosteno Woodley, of four counts of attempted first degree premeditated murder. The trial court sentenced him as a repeat violent offender to four concurrent terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Nine years later, the Petitioner applied for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his criminal history did not qualify him as a repeat violent offender. The habeas corpus court summarily dismissed the application, concluding that the petition failed to state a cognizable claim for relief. The Petitioner appealed. Upon our review, we respectfully affirm the judgment of the habeas corpus court.

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