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Smith v. Ryan
813 F.3d 1175 (9th Cir. 2016)
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
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