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MOORE v. TEXAS. No. 15–797. Argued November 29, 2016—Decided March 28, 2017. Petitioner Moore was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for fatally shooting a store clerk during a botched robbery that occurred when Moore was 20 years old. A state habeas court subse-quently determined that, under Atkins v.
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Moore v. Texas, 137 S. Ct. 1039 (2017), is a United States Supreme Court decision about the death penalty and intellectual disability.The court held that contemporary clinical standards determine what an intellectual disability is, and held that even milder forms of intellectual disability may bar a person from being sentenced to death due to the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel ...
Results. On March 28, 2017, in a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court found that Texas erred in using a decades-old lay interpretation of intellectual disability to determine whether defendants faced the death penalty. Instead, the court held that in determining eligibility for the death penalty, courts must rely upon modern scientific clinical ...
Nov 29, 2016 · Moore v. Texas. Holding: By rejecting the habeas court's application of current medical diagnostic standards and by following the standard under Ex parte Briseno, including the nonclinical Briseno factors, the decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals does not comport with the Eighth Amendment and Supreme Court precedents.
DateProceedings And Orders ( Key To Color ...Dec 15 2015Jan 19 2016Jan 19 2016Jan 19 2016Feb 21, 2023 · Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 9, 2023. Jan 09 2023. Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed. Jan 23 2023. Reply of petitioner Slade Moore filed. (Distributed) Jan 25 2023. DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023. Feb 21 2023.
Jan 19, 2016 · Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 560 (2005)). Long-term placement in solitary confine-ment violates this proscription because, as numerous studies have shown, the psychological damage caused by long-term solitary confinement is incredibly se-vere—so severe, in fact, as to be excessive with re-spect to virtually all prisoners.
Nov 29, 2016 · Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. Bobby James Moore fatally shot a store clerk during a botched robbery. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Moore challenged his death sentence on the ground that he was intellectually disabled and therefore exempt from execution. A state habeas court made detailed ...
