Legal Opinion
Davis v. Kelley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 17, 2017No. : 04-2192PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
Don Williams Davis was convicted of capital murder in Arkansas and sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, and his petition for postconviction relief in state court was denied. On April 1, 2002, he then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in federal district court. While that petition was pending, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), holding that executing the intellectually disabled1 is “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the…
3Cases cited17 opinions
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- Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Gonzalez v. CrosbySupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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4Cited by9 opinions
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