Opinion

Hammon v. State

  • 999 P.2d 1082
  • 2000 OK CR 7
  • 2000 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 7
  • 2000 WL 310272
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Mar 28, 2000
Status
Published
Author
Strubhar
On the bench
Lile, Lumpkin, Johnson, Strubhar, Chapel
Cited by
18 cases

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The opinion

STRUBHAR, Presiding Judge:

Dissents.

¶ 1 I dissent. I cannot vote to uphold the sentencing of death without first addressing the issue of the constitutionality of executing a mentally retarded person.

¶ 2 This Court should recognize there is a growing list of states that prohibit the executions of mentally retarded pex-sons and that Oklahoma, now presented with this issue, should address this proposition.

¶ 3 The Opinion issued by the majority states that this is an issue only for the legislature. I believe otherwise and am concerned that we failed to address the issue in this case.

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