State v. Strode’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 16 state decisions

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1. “(1) Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning as evidenced by a functional intelligence quotient (I.Q.) of seventy (70) or below; (2) Deficits in adaptive behavior; and (3) The intellectual disability must have been manifested during the developmental period, or by eighteen (18) years of age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Tennessee v. Corinio Pruitt

2. “The determination of the trier of fact that the defendant is not mentally retarded shall not be appealable by interlocutory appeal, but may be a basis of appeal by either the state or defendant following the sentencing stage of the trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. COLEMEN v. State

3. “it is clear that the Legislature did not intend for the term `developmental period' to extend beyond eighteen years of age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. COLEMEN v. State