As used in this chapter, a
defendant is ” intellectually disabled” if:
| (1) |
the defendant has significant subaverage general intellectual functioning that results in and exists concurrently with significant deficiencies in adaptive functioning that exist primarily in the areas of reasoning or impulse control, or in both of these areas; and |
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Terms Used In Utah Code 77-15a-102
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
| (2) |
the subaverage general intellectual functioning and the significant deficiencies in adaptive functioning under Subsection (1) are both manifested prior to age 22. |
Amended by Chapter 115, 2016 General Session
