Legal Opinion
Brumfield v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2015No. 12-30256PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellee Kevan Brumfield was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in 1995. Following state court proceedings, Brumfield filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court, arguing that he is ineligible for the death penalty under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), because he is intellectually disabled. The district court found that the state court erred by not holding an Atkins hearing on whether Brumfield was intellectually disabled. Following a multi-day hearing in 2010, the district…
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