Legal Opinion
Brumfield v. Cain
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided February 23, 2012No. Civil Action No. 04-787-JJB-CNPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
JAMES J. BRADY, District Judge.
Before the Court is Kevan Brumfield’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed against Burl Cain, the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. Brumfield asks this Court to declare him mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002). (Docs. 111, 121). His petition is opposed by the State of Louisiana. (Doc. 118). The Court held an Atkins1 evidentiary hearing on the issue of petitioner’s mental retardation2 on…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Brumfield v. CainSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Brumfield v. CainSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Brumfield v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
- Kevan Brumfield v. Burl Cain, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- State v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2018