United States v. Clemons

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• holding that new evidence to establish ineffective assistance of counsel does not constitute a new claim for purposes of §2244(b)(1)
• requiring sufficient allegations of fact together with some documentation of mental retardation
• defendant’s psychological disorders, alcohol abuse and personality disorder do not amount to mental retardation warranting the protection of Atkins
• defendant’s psychological disorders, alcohol abuse and personality disorder do not amount to mental retardation warranting the protection of Atkins
• “Thus, the key substantive question before this court is whether Bowling was mentally retarded at the time he committed the murders of James and Tina Early.” (emphasis added)
• “[T]here is no indication that the psychologists who administered the IQ tests to Bowling would not have already considered the adequacy and accuracy of the testing mechanisms in calculating his scores or in using these instruments for evaluation in the first place.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).