BEST
v.
UNITED STATES
BEST
UNITED STATES
534 U.S. 924
Supreme Court of the United States (2001)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases
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Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (U.S. 2005)…Supreme Court affirmed. State v. Simmons, 944 S. W. 2d 165, 169 (en banc), cert. denied, 522 U. S. 953 (1997). The federal courts denied Simmons’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Simmons v. Bowersox, 235 F. 3d 1124, 1127 (CA8), cert. denied, 534 U. S. 924 (2001). After these proceedings in Simmons’ case had run their course, this Court held that the Eighth' and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the execution of a mentally retarded person. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U. S. 304 (2002). Simmons filed a new…