Legal Opinion

Broaden v. Cain

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 1, 2010No. 2010-KP-0144PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Granted in part; stay vacated. The district court’s order denying relator’s motion to bifurcate his claim that he is mentally retarded and so exempt from capital punishment under the decision in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), from his claims for post-conviction relief, is affirmed. Howev er, the court’s order directing relator to file a comprehensive supplemental application stating all of his claims by February 26, 2010, is modified to provide relator with an additional 90 days from the date of this order in which to file his supplemental…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Miller v. CainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. STATE EX REL. WEARRY v. CainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2010

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