Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Sun 20 SepCASE

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ERICA MONIQUE JENKINS V. THE STATE OF TEXAS

— STAFF
Jenkins cites no support for her assertion that being intellectually disabled, by itself, violates the due process/due course of law clauses or the cruel and unusual punishment clauses.

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco) · affirmed

Whether post-trial IQ testing suggesting a more severe intellectual disability is newly discovered evidence warranting a new trial.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10976626/erica-monique-jenkins-v-the-state-of-texas/