Answer Brief of Appellee - Florida State University College of Law

(where Hoskins’ test was performed) with the scanner at Wake
Forest (where the “normal” scans were done). After finding that
the scanner at Jacksonville was “only slightly” less resolute,
he concluded that the findings in Jacksonville would be
“somewhat less sharp by whatever amount less the resolution is”
and would make adjustments. (R993).
It was difficult to print images from the scanner in
Jacksonville so it was necessary to take photographs of the
screen instead. (R997). Based on the PET scan images and other
factors, 6 Dr. Wood opined that Hoskins’ “brain is abnormal in the
degree to which the front half or the frontal lobes are active
... the front half of the brain is underactive with respect to
the back half of the brain against normal reference groups ...”
(R1000, 1010).
Hoskins’ school records reflected poor aptitude in
arithmetic skills and low intelligence. He was considered for
“special placement in ... an educable mentally-retarded class
...” (R1028).
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Dr. Wood reviewed a report prepared by Dr. Rudolph Geer, a
nuclear medicine physician, a report by Dr. Gary Weiss, who
conducted an EEG study, and Hoskins’ school records. (R1020,
1021, 1023).
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