Fletcher, Presiding Justice, dissenting. 1.1 dissent to divisions 6 and 17 because I conclude that requiring a capital defendant to prove mental retardation beyond a reasonable doubt in the guilt-innocence phase is fundamentally unfair and I would hold that the issue should be resolved in a pre-trial hearing with “preponderance of the evidence” as the burden of proof. (a) The question…
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