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Hammv.Smith

CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Docket No.23-167
DecidedNovember 4, 2024
Reporter604 U.S. 1
JudgesPer curiam; Roberts, C. J.; Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ.
Tags
Supreme CourtDeath PenaltyIntellectual DisabilityEighth AmendmentAppellate Review
Case Summary

The Court vacated an Eleventh Circuit judgment concerning whether a capital defendant was ineligible for execution because of intellectual disability. The Court directed the circuit court to clarify the basis for its decision, leaving the governing constitutional and evidentiary issues for further appellate proceedings.

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