Paul Gregory House was charged in the death of Carolyn Muncey in 1985. Carolyn body was found hundred feet from her home badly beaten with abrasions and partially strangled. House was recently on probation for sexual assault from Utah. His probation was switchover to Tennessee and started living with his girlfriend a few miles from where Carolyn stayed. On the day of discovery of the body, the witness told sheriff that they seen House coming from the area where the body was found. After the body was recovered autopsy report shows that body had abrasions consistent with assault and sexual assaulted because the recovery of semen and foreign fibers. Along the time of recovering the body deputies pick up House and question him about the disappearance and murder of Muncey. House denied knowing …show more content…
House was tired in Union County Court and prosecutor link the stain and fibers found on Carolyn’s clothes for the characteristics to House. As a result, House was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death. After the trial ,House immediately petition appeals for the verdict House’s lawyers argue that House deserved a new trial not only because the new evidence showed he didn’t commit the murder but it also shows her husband was really guilty of the murder. Upon this argument, all courts in the state level reviewed the case and confirmed that even with the new evidence it wasn’t essential to the guilty factor. Moreover, courts showed because of not properly citing certain constitutional claim in Tennessee court. Legally, this meant House had defaulted on these claims. Therefore under state law may not be granted federal habeas corpus review unless the petitioner provides a sufficient explanation for the default and demonstrates that the asserted error prejudiced his or her trial. After several motions, House’s lawyers was able to be heard in U.S. Supreme courts and the court granted the motion of