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    Robert Lewis, Jr. - California

    Facts of the Crime:

    Lewis was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on November 1, 1984 for the murder and robbery of Milton Estell on October 27, 1983. They had gotten in touch because Mr. Estell had wanted to sell his 1980 Cadillac.

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    On March 1, 1990, the California Supreme Court reversed Lewis' death sentence on direct appeal.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S004653

    On March 20, 1991, Lewis was re-sentenced to death in Los Angeles County.

    On June 24, 2004, the California Supreme Court affirmed Lewis' death sentence on direct appeal.

    On February 22, 2005, the US Supreme Court denied his certiorari petition.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S020670

    Lewis' case is currently in the state habeas phase.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S117235

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    Lewis' habeas case has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since September 18, 2015.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S117235

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    On March 7, 2018, oral argument will be heard before the California Supreme Court in Lewis' habeas case.

    http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/SMAR618.pdf

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    In today's opinions, the California Supreme Court GRANTED Lewis' habeas petition on the grounds that he is intellectually disabled under the Atkins decision.

    http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S117235.PDF

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