HILL v. SCHOFIELD

No. 08-15444.

608 F.3d 1272 (2010)

Warren Lee HILL, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Derrick SCHOFIELD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Kammer and Thomas H. Dunn (Court-Appointed), GA Resource Ctr., Atlanta, GA, for Hill.

Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, State of GA Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Schofield.

Before BARKETT, HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Warren Lee Hill, Jr. appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition in which he challenged his death sentence. The district court granted a certificate of appealability on Hill's claim that the Georgia Supreme Court's decision upholding Georgia's statutory requirement that in order to be exempt from execution Hill must prove his mental retardation beyond any reasonable doubt is contrary to clearly established federal...

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