BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Elmer Leon Carroll, a Florida prisoner under a sentence of death, appeals the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted a certificate of appealability as to the second claim from Carroll's petition: Whether Carroll was denied his rights of due process and equal protection when the state court failed to grant an evidentiary hearing on his claim of mental retardation...
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