Top Dem Whose District Is Going Away Rips Supreme Court

At the center of Smith’s case is how courts should evaluate defendants whose IQ scores fall slightly above the commonly recognized threshold of 70 associated with intellectual disability.

Smith received five IQ test scores ranging from 72 to 78.

According to his attorneys, Smith was placed in special education classes for students with learning disabilities and left school after seventh grade.

They also said that at the time of the crime he performed math at a kindergarten level, spelled at roughly a third-grade level, and read at approximately a fourth-grade level.