In Re: Yokamon Laneal Hearn’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “if the State of Texas, through its highest criminal court, has decided to use [the PMRA] statutory definition of 'mental retardation' in Atkins proceedings, it would be a ‘no brainer’ that the statutory definition of who is qualified to opine as to mental retardation would also apply”). . 135 S.W.3d at 8 (noting that the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex Parte Lewis

2. “(1) his claim has not previously been presented in a prior application to this court, (2) his claim relies on a decision that stated a new, retroactively applicable rule of constitutional law that was previously unavailable to him, and (3) ... he is mentally retarded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: Robert Madrid Salazar, Movant

3. “Mental retardation is a disability characterized by three criteria: significant limitation in intellectual functioning, significant limitation in adaptive behavior and functioning, and onset of these limitations before the age of 18.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Milton Wuzael Mathis