Hamm v. Smith · ¶13

The experts each opined on Smith's intellectual functioning. The State's expert, King, stated in his report that a score of 74 “would technically place [Smith in] the borderline range of intellectual functioning,” but that the score “is not refective . . . of his true intellectual functioning,” which King described as “in the low average range of ability.” 2 App. 596. King explained that “a single . . . IQ score” is comprised of multiple subscores, which refect different aspects of one's intellectual functioning, and a final score “needs to be additionally parsed in order to look at whether there is subtest scatter or whether there is consistency.” Id., at 596–597. In the IQ test that King administered, the scatter in Smith's subscores was, in King's view, more “indicative of . . . a learning disabilit[y]” than of intellectual disability. Id., at 598. King testified that, in his view,…

preliminary print (page proof)
Source edition
Passage preview. Read in context for the complete text, notes and references.