· 6/9/2017
Matter of Akayla M. (Marie M.)
Citations
- 2017 NY Slip Op 4639
- 151 A.D.3d 1684
- 56 N.Y.S.3d 731
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- explaining that, although the Alabama courts had improperly reasoned that the petitioner’s adaptive strengths outweighed his deficits, this approach was acceptable until Moore
- “The Supreme Court’s decision in Atkins did not define what it means to be intellectually disabled, instead leaving that task to the states.”
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Judges: Smith, Peradotto, Dejoseph, Nemoyer, Curran
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