Court Opinion

ID: 9505019
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 20:00:35.47943+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:04:13.891446
License: Public Domain

RUCKER, Justice,
dissenting.
On direct appeal I was convinced that Pruitt was mentally retarded and thus not eligible for a death sentence. See Pruitt v. State, 834 N.E.2d 90, 123-26 (Ind.2005) (Rucker, J., dissenting). After examining the evidence presented to the post-conviction court, I am even more convinced today. Pruitt's status has not changed. He was and still is mentally retarded. I would therefore reverse his death sentence and remand this cause with instructions to impose a term of years.