Fults v. GDCP Warden, No. 12-13563 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner raised several issues on appeal. The court addressed only the juror bias and mental retardation claims. The court concluded that petitioner's claim of racial prejudice on the part of a juror was procedurally defaulted. The court also concluded that petitioner has not overcome the presumption of correctness afforded the state habeas court's factual finding that he did not suffer from "significantly subaverage intellectual functioning." The state court's denial of his mental retardation claim is not based on an unreasonable determination of the facts given the record that was presented. Accordingly, the court affirmed the denial of habeas relief.
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