Court Opinion

ID: 9818058
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 05:13:28.720334+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:03.986433
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BARKETT, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I concur in the majority’s opinion, but for the reasons stated in my dissent in Hill v. Humphrey, 662 F.3d 1335, 1365-78 (11th Cir.2011) (en banc), I continue to believe that Georgia’s requirement that defendants prove mental retardation beyond a reasonable doubt is unconstitutional under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002).