Court Decisons: Nicholson v Branker (NC, 2010)

Just received a new decision (Nicholoson v Branker, 2010)where the evidence and experts were, with one exception, very consistent in agreeing that the client was ID/MR, and thus had his death penalty commuted to life.  Of interest is the mention and apparent implicit recognition of the Flynn effect on one of his WAIS-R scores.  A relatively clear cut decision that flowed from the evidence.

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