Evidence of a brain disease diagnosed after sentencing, which explains the full extent of a condition existing at the time of sentence, may be received on appeal as fresh evidence relevant to moral culpability, deterrence, hardship of incarceration, and life expectancy. A finding of counsel incompetence is not required where the fresh evidence pathway is relied upon to avoid a miscarriage of justice.
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