Supreme Court of the United States

Bobby James Moore, Petitioner v. Texas.

March 28, 2017137 S. Ct. 1039

Summary

The Court vacated the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' judgment and remanded the case, holding that the CCA’s reliance on superseded medical standards and the Briseno evidentiary factors to deny Bobby James Moore intellectual‑disability status violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.