Hall v. Florida
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Hall v. Florida is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited states’ ability to impose strict IQ cutoffs when determining intellectual disability in capital cases, thereby refining the application of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on executing individuals with intellectual disabilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hall v. Florida canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6224989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hall v. Florida Context triple: [opinion in Atkins v. Virginia, relatedCase, Hall v. Florida]
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Proffitt v. Florida
Proffitt v. Florida is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, upheld the constitutionality of guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes under the Eighth Amendment.
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Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited Congress’s power to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits in federal court, reinforcing state sovereign immunity.
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Duncan v. Louisiana
Duncan v. Louisiana is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial in criminal cases applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Atkins v. Virginia
Atkins v. Virginia is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Stone v. Mississippi
Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hall v. Florida Target entity description: Hall v. Florida is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited states’ ability to impose strict IQ cutoffs when determining intellectual disability in capital cases, thereby refining the application of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on executing individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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A.
Proffitt v. Florida
Proffitt v. Florida is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, upheld the constitutionality of guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes under the Eighth Amendment.
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B.
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited Congress’s power to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits in federal court, reinforcing state sovereign immunity.
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C.
Duncan v. Louisiana
Duncan v. Louisiana is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial in criminal cases applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Atkins v. Virginia
Atkins v. Virginia is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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E.
Stone v. Mississippi
Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eighth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ capital punishment case ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
capital sentencing
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defendants with possible intellectual disability ⓘ |
| aroseInJurisdiction | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clarifiesPrecedent | Atkins v. Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsTopic |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
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IQ score cutoffs ⓘ clinical standards for intellectual disability ⓘ cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ death penalty eligibility ⓘ intellectual disability in capital cases ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | U.S. Const. amend. VIII ⓘ |
| decisionType | 5–4 decision ⓘ |
| effectOnLaw | limited state discretion in defining intellectual disability for death penalty purposes ⓘ |
| followsPrecedent | Atkins v. Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCitation |
134 S. Ct. 1986
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188 L. Ed. 2d 1007 ⓘ 572 U.S. 701 ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | May 27, 2014 ⓘ |
| hasDissentingJustice |
Antonin Scalia
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDissentingOpinionBy | Samuel A. Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | No. 12-10882 ⓘ |
| hasMajorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Elena Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Freddie Lee Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | State of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holds |
Courts must consider adaptive functioning evidence when determining intellectual disability for death penalty purposes
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States may not use a rigid IQ score cutoff to deny further inquiry into intellectual disability in capital cases ⓘ The Eighth Amendment requires consideration of the standard error of measurement in IQ testing ⓘ |
| interprets | Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Florida Supreme Court judgment reviewing Freddie Lee Hall’s death sentence ⓘ |
| overrulesOrLimits | strict IQ cutoff rules for intellectual disability in Florida ⓘ |
| prohibits | treating an IQ score of 70 as a strict cutoff barring evidence of intellectual disability ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Atkins v. Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Moore v. Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | States to align intellectual disability determinations with prevailing medical standards ⓘ |
| standardAnnounced | IQ scores must be interpreted as a range rather than a fixed number in capital cases ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hall v. Florida Description of subject: Hall v. Florida is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited states’ ability to impose strict IQ cutoffs when determining intellectual disability in capital cases, thereby refining the application of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on executing individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Referenced by (3)
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