Legal Opinion
Sasser v. Norris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2009No. 07-2385PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Andrew Sasser (Sasser) appeals the district court’s denial of his Second Supplemental and Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Sasser argues the district court erred by ruling Sasser is not entitled to an eviden-tiary hearing on his claims that his death sentence (1) violates his Eighth Amendment rights because he is mentally retarded, and (2) should be vacated because his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and develop the mental retardation issue at trial. We reverse and remand to the district court for an Atkins 1…
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