Trotter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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1. “As used in this rule, the term "mental retardation" means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the period from conception to age 18. The term "significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning," for the purpose of this rule, means performance that is two or more standard deviations from the mean score on a standardized intelligence test authorized by the Department of Children and Family Services in rule 65B-4.032 of the Florida Administrative Code. The term "adaptive behavior," for the purpose of this rule, means the effectiveness or degree with which an individual meets the standards of personal independence and social responsibility expected of his or her age, cultural group, and community.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 944 So. 2d 234 - Burns v. State

2. “[T]he question of evidentiary weight is reserved to the circuit court, and this Court does not reweigh the evidence. . . . The determination of the credibility of witnesses also is reserved to the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 959 So. 2d 146 - Brown v. State

3. “because the trial court concluded that Trotter was not mentally retarded [under] either”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State