Supreme Court· 2/19/2019

Moore v. Texas

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586 U.S. 133
139 S. Ct. 666

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holding 11 that court of appeals erred by requiring petitioner “to show that the ‘cause of [his] deficient 12 social behavior was related to any deficits in general mental abilities’ rather than ‘emotional 13 problems’”
criticizing CCA for failing to discuss evidence that by sixth grade the petitioner struggled to read at a second-grade level
criticizing the appellate court for considering adaptive strengths developed in prison
the AAIDD criticizes reliance on “incorrect stereotypes” about persons with intellectual disability such as whether they are able to have jobs, complete tasks, have spouses or children
The U.S. Circuit Court “read as a whole” the U.S. District Court’s opinion.
To make a finding of intellectual disability, for purposes of Eighth Amendment protection against 56 Case 5:04-cv-00004-RGK Document 287 Filed 09/20/21 Page 57 of 76 execution of an intellectually disabled person, a court must see: (1

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