Moore v. Texas

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United States Supreme Court case capital punishment case criminal law case

Moore v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases, reinforcing constitutional limits on executing individuals with such disabilities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Moore v. Texas canonical	3
Moore v. Texas (2019)	1
Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6224990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Moore v. Texas
Context triple: [opinion in Atkins v. Virginia, relatedCase, Moore v. Texas]

A. Sossamon v. Texas
Sossamon v. Texas is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states do not consent to suits for money damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by accepting federal funds, reinforcing principles of state sovereign immunity.
B. Jurek v. Texas
Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
C. Aguilar v. Texas
Aguilar v. Texas is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a two-pronged test for evaluating the sufficiency of informants’ tips in supporting probable cause for search warrants.
D. Moore v. Illinois
Moore v. Illinois is a United States Supreme Court decision addressing constitutional criminal procedure issues, particularly concerning the rights of defendants in state prosecutions.
E. Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Moore v. Texas
Target entity description: Moore v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases, reinforcing constitutional limits on executing individuals with such disabilities.

A. Sossamon v. Texas
Sossamon v. Texas is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states do not consent to suits for money damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by accepting federal funds, reinforcing principles of state sovereign immunity.
B. Jurek v. Texas
Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
C. Aguilar v. Texas
Aguilar v. Texas is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a two-pronged test for evaluating the sufficiency of informants’ tips in supporting probable cause for search warrants.
D. Moore v. Illinois
Moore v. Illinois is a United States Supreme Court decision addressing constitutional criminal procedure issues, particularly concerning the rights of defendants in state prosecutions.
E. Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ capital punishment case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ death penalty jurisprudence ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
citation	137 S. Ct. 1039 (2017) ⓘ 197 L. Ed. 2d 416 (2017) ⓘ 581 U.S. ___ (2017) ⓘ
clarified	application of Atkins v. Virginia to state definitions of intellectual disability ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
decisionDate	2017-03-28 ⓘ
dissentBy	Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber	15-797 ⓘ
effect	refined constitutional limits on executing individuals with intellectual disability ⓘ restricted use of non-scientific criteria in assessing intellectual disability in capital cases ⓘ
fullName	Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) ⓘ linked to: Moore v. Texas
holding	States must use current medical diagnostic standards when determining intellectual disability for death penalty eligibility. ⓘ Texas may not rely on nonclinical factors and outdated standards to define intellectual disability in capital cases. ⓘ
joinedMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Elena Kagan ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalIssue	Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
originatingCourt	Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
petitioner	Bobby James Moore ⓘ
petitionerStatus	death row inmate ⓘ
precedentFor	standards for evaluating intellectual disability in later capital cases ⓘ
proceduralPosture	review of judgment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
reinforcedPrinciple	persons with intellectual disability are categorically exempt from execution under the Eighth Amendment. ⓘ
relatedCase	Atkins v. Virginia ⓘ Hall v. Florida ⓘ Moore v. Texas (2019) ⓘ linked to: Moore v. Texas
respondent	Texas ⓘ
stateInvolved	Texas ⓘ
stateLawAtIssue	Texas standards for determining intellectual disability in death penalty cases ⓘ
subjectMatter	intellectual disability and capital punishment ⓘ
voteSplit	5-3 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

opinion in Atkins v. Virginia → relatedCase → Moore v. Texas ⓘ

Atkins v. Virginia → subsequentCaseInfluenced → Moore v. Texas ⓘ

Hall v. Florida → relatedCase → Moore v. Texas ⓘ

Moore v. Texas → fullName → Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) ⓘ

linked to: Moore v. Texas

Moore v. Texas → relatedCase → Moore v. Texas (2019) ⓘ