Legal Opinion
Alonzo Lydell Burgess v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 2013No. 12-10444PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKETT, Circuit Judge:
Alonzo Lydell Burgess, an Alabama prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the district court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as well as the district court’s order denying his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion to alter or amend that denial. The district court rejected, without conducting an evidentiary hearing, Burgess’s claim that he is mentally retarded 1 and that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution categorically bars his execution pursuant to Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 321, 122 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Schriro v. LandriganSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Heck Van Tran v. Roland ColsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
- Anthony Juniper v. David ZookCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017
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