Kathy Yolande Miller v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

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• adding that the range, and the relative placement within the range, are relevant considerations in light of the mitigating and aggravating evidence
• noting that the expert testimony might have explained the offense and give the jury such information as would have, possibly, inclined them to offer probation
• noting that the expert testimony might have explained the offense and give the jury such information as would have, possibly, inclined them to offer probation
• noting that the expert testimony might have explained the offense and give the jury such information as would have, possibly, inclined them to offer probation
• noting that even when no insanity plea or incompetency claim are being made at the guilt/innocence phase of a trial, evidence of mental health problems help reduce culpability at sentencing
• noting that expert testimony, though redundant, might help to show the defendant less culpable

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