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ATLANTA (AP) - A lawyer for a Georgia death row inmate set to be executed Monday has appealed to the state's highest court.

Brian Kammer on Friday asked the Supreme Court of Georgia to overturn a state court's refusal to reconsider Warren Lee Hill's case and asked the high court to halt Hill's execution.

A Butts County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that Hill has proven an IQ of 70 beyond a reasonable doubt and meets the overall criteria for being mentally disabled by a preponderance of the evidence.

Georgia requires death row inmates to prove beyond a reasonable doubt they are mentally disabled to avoid execution. The court said Hill failed to do that.

Hill was serving a life sentence when he was convicted in the 1990 death of a fellow inmate.

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