OPINION AND ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The question posed to the court is whether a defendant, without invoking the insanity defense and thus without being subject to the restrictions that defense would place on her, may use expert testimony that she is mentally retarded to challenge at trial her alleged confession. The court holds here that she may be able to do so, but not in the form she seeks. For that reason, as explained below, the court...
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