Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Hearn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 28, 2010No. AP-76,237PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · JohnsonJohnson, J.
Applicant, Yokamon Laneal Hearn, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. In this subsequent application for habeas corpus, applicant asserts that he is mentally retarded and, pursuant to the United States Supreme Court holding in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), constitutionally exempt from a death sentence.
In our statutes and case law, “mental retardation” is defined by: (1) significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning; (2) accompanied by related limitations in adaptive functioning; (3) the onset of which occurs…
3Cases cited14 opinions
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Gallo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Ex Parte BrisenoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Ex Parte BlueCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Ex Parte Van AlstyneCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
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4Cited by21 opinions
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