Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit March 1, 2016, No. 14-3413 (Smith v. Bagley)

*580OPINION

HOOD, District Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Raymond Smith was convicted by a jury on December 5, 1995 for the aggravated murder of Ronald Lally, a witness in a criminal proceeding. The trial court adopted the jury’s verdict, imposing a sentence of death. On April 25, 2008, Smith’s sentence was commuted by the Ohio trial court to life imprisonment pursuant to Atkins v. Virginia, 586 U.S.