Moore v. Texas

581 U.S. 1·2017

What the Court Decided

The Court held that Texas courts violated the Eighth Amendment by relying on outdated intellectual disability standards and discounting Moore's adaptive functioning deficits based on stereotypical assumptions, rather than applying current clinical standards consistent with Hall.

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Cited In

Hamm v. Smith

2025 Term · 24-872

Moore reinforced Hall's requirements and held that state courts may not use outdated clinical standards or stereotype-based reasoning to discount intellectual disability claims; it is cited as confirming that courts must consider adaptive functioning evidence once the SEM threshold is met.