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United States eighth amendmentintellectual disabilityaedpa

Black v. Carpenter

866 F.3d 734 (6th Cir. 2017)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

On federal habeas review under AEDPA, a capital petitioner bears the burden of proving intellectual disability under Atkins by a preponderance of the evidence, and a state-court rejection of that claim is entitled to deference absent an unreasonable application of law or unreasonable determination of fact.

Area of Law

General

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