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WILLIAMS v. STEPHENS

No. 13-70015.

761 F.3d 561 (2014)

Clifton Lamar WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 1, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth Kretze , Law Offices of Seth Kretzer, Houston, TX, James Wesley Volberding, Esq. , Tyler, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Leslie Katheryn Kuykendall , Assistant Attorney General, Fredericka Searle Sargent , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Respondent-Appellee.

Before JONES, DENNIS, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

A jury found Clifton Lamar Williams guilty and sentenced him to death for the brutal robbery and murder of a 93-year-old woman. After exhausting his state remedies, Williams filed a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel and that he is intellectually disabled1 and therefore ineligible for execution under Atkins v. Virginia, 536...

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