847 So. 2d 1183 | La. | 2003
Writ granted; case remanded. The determination of whether a defendant sentenced to death has shown reasonable grounds to put at issue the fact of mental retardation ordinarily rests in the first instance with the trial court. State v. Williams, 01-1650, p. 27 (La.11/1/02), 831 So.2d 835, 857. However, on direct appeal of relator’s conviction and sentence we remanded the case for the determination of relator’s mental status because the uncon-tradicted testimony of Dr. Marc Zimmerman provided “reasonable ground to doubt whether defendant is mentally retarded.”