Moore v. Texas
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 19, 2019 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 19, 2019
- Term
- October Term 2018
- Vote
- 6–3
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
Cite as: 586 U. S. ____ (2019) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES BOBBY JAMES MOORE v. TEXAS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS No. 18–443. Decided February 19, 2019 PER CURIAM. In 2015, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that petitioner, Bobby James Moore, did not have intellectual disability and consequently was eligible for the death penalty. Ex parte Moore, 470 S.W.3d 481 , 527–528 (Ex parte Moore I). We previously considered the lawful- ness of that determination, vacated the appeals court’s decision, and remanded the case for further consideration of the issue. Moore v. Texas, 581 U. S. ___, ___ (2017) (slip op., at 18). The appeals court subsequently reconsidered the matter but reached the same conclusion. Ex parte Moore, 548 S.W.3d 552 , 573 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018) (Ex parte Moore II). We again review its decision, and we reverse its determination. I When we first heard this case, in Moore, we noted that the state trial court (a state habeas court) “received affi- davits and heard testimony from Moore’s family members, former counsel, and a number of court-appointed mental- health experts.” 581 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 3). We described the evidence as “reveal[ing]” the following: “Moore had significant mental and social difficulties beginning at an early age. At 13, Moore lacked basic understanding of the…
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