Moore v. Texas - Post-Decision SCOTUScast

On March 28, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Moore v. Texas, a habeas corpus dispute regarding the scope of the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2002 decision in Atkins v. Virginia that the execution of a mentally disabled person would violate the Eighth Amendment&rsquo;s proscription on &ldquo;cruel and unusual punishments.&rdquo;<br /> <br />Bobby James Moore was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for fatally shooting a sales clerk during a failed robbery attempt. Finding Moore to be intellectually disabled under current medical diagnostic standards set forth in the latest editions of the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental...