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Smith v. Ryan

813 F.3d 1175 (9th Cir. 2016)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Year2016
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

On federal habeas review, an appellate court may reverse the denial of an Atkins claim and hold the petitioner intellectually disabled — and thus ineligible for execution — where the state court's contrary determination was unreasonable on the record.

Area of Law

General

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