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STATE EX REL. EDWARDS v. CAIN

No. 2002-KP-0514.

841 So.2d 768 (2003)

STATE ex rel Cedric EDWARDS v. Burl CAIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 21, 2003.

PER CURIAM.

Writ granted; case remanded. For the first time in this Court, relator has raised the question of whether he is exempt from capital punishment by reason of mental retardation. See Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002). Because the issue is a matter for the district court in the first instance, and because "not everyone faced with a death penalty sentence will automatically be entitled...

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