Legal Opinion
Rickie N. McNair 092673 v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Dept. Of Corrections, Robert Butterworth
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 1989No. 88-3297PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
The State of Florida appeals from the district court’s grant of Rickie N. McNair’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See McNair v. Dugger, 682 F.Supp. 511 (M.D. Fla.1988). We conclude that the writ was granted improvidently.
I
In 1983, petitioner was charged with first-degree murder in Polk County, Florida. Previously, while under arrest in Georgia, petitioner had retained the legal services of William L. Kirby, who secured a psychological evaluation of petitioner. The results of this evaluation showed, among other things, that petitioner had an IQ of 64, “in the category of mild mental…
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