Opinion ID: 1439724
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: Required showing of mental retardation

Text: Even if Goodwin's claim had not been refuted by the record, he would still not be entitled to relief on this claim. In Johnson v. State , this Court held: as a bright-line test that a defendant that can prove mental retardation by a preponderance of the evidence, as set out in section 565.030.6, [5] shall not be subject to the death penalty. 102 S.W.3d 535, 540 (Mo. banc 2003). Section 565.030.6 defines mental retardation as: A condition involving substantial limitations in general functioning characterized by significantly subaverage intellectual functioning with continual extensive related deficits and limitations in two or more adaptive behaviors such as communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self-direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure and work, which conditions are manifested and documented before eighteen years of age.