Walls v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's latest successive postconviction motion seeking relief under Hall v. Florida, 572 U.S. 701 (2014), holding that Appellant did not get the benefit of Hall.
Defendant was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other crimes and sentenced to death. Defendant challenged his death sentence numerous times. Here, Defendant raised a second intellectual disability claim relying on Hall v. Florida, 472 U.S. 701 (2014). The circuit court summarily denied the claim. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing. After a hearing, the circuit court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed on the basis that Hall was not retroactive, and therefore, his Hall-based intellectual disability claim failed regardless of the evidence presented at his evidentiary hearing.
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