A sentencing judge's failure to consider the Muldrock principles regarding intellectual disability — particularly by requiring a causal connection between the disability and the offending — constitutes arguable specific error warranting leave to appeal. An intellectual disability is always relevant to sentencing and may reduce moral culpability and the weight of general deterrence without the need to establish a causal nexus between the disability and the offending.
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