Moore V. Texas
In 1980 a man named Bobby James Moore was convicted of capital murder. Moore shot and killed Mr. James McCarble who was a seventy-year-old stork clerk in Houston, Texas. Moore was convicted and sentenced to death. In 2001 a federal court granted habeas corpus relief, which lead to a new punishment hearing, but Mr. Moore was once again sentence to the death. Moore sought state habeas corpus relief and argued that the decision made by the Supreme Court in the Atkins v. Virginia case should apply to his case. Moore was claiming that he was intellectually disabled and should be exempt from execution. Based on the Atkins argument the habeas court granted relief to Moore. However the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas said that Moore
In 1980 a man named Bobby James Moore was convicted of capital murder. Moore shot and killed Mr. James McCarble who was a seventy-year-old stork clerk in Houston, Texas. Moore was convicted and sentenced to death. In 2001 a federal court granted habeas corpus relief, which lead to a new punishment hearing, but Mr. Moore was once again sentence to the death. Moore sought state habeas corpus relief and argued that the decision made by the Supreme Court in the Atkins v. Virginia case should apply to his case. Moore was claiming that he was intellectually disabled and should be exempt from execution. Based on the Atkins argument the habeas court granted relief to Moore. However the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas said that Moore