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SIMPSON v. QUARTERMAN

Civil Action No. 1:04-CV-485.

593 F.Supp.2d 922 (2008)

Danielle SIMPSON, Petitioner, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

January 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wesley Volberding, Attorney at Law, Tyler, TX, Joseph C. Hawthorn, Hawthorn & Hawthorn, Beaumont, TX, for Petitioner.

Georgette Patrice Oden, Texas Attorney General, Leslie K. Kuykendall, Office of the Attorney General, Thomas Merrill Jones, Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX, for Respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RON CLARK, District Judge.

Petitioner Danielle Simpson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by the 3rd Judicial District Court of Anderson County, Texas. While the case worked its way through the state courts, the United States Supreme Court held that it was unconstitutional to execute a mentally retarded person. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242,...

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