Legal Opinion
Billy Raulerson v. Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2019No. 14-14038PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
Billy Raulerson Jr., a Georgia prisoner under three death sentences for murdering two teenagers, one of whom he sodomized after killing her, and for murdering a woman he robbed the next day, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. At trial, Raulerson's counsel argued that he was "guilty but mentally retarded" beyond a reasonable doubt and so ineligible for the death penalty. The jury disagreed and sentenced Raulerson to death. After unsuccessfully pursuing postconviction relief in *992Georgia courts, Raulerson filed a federal…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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