Carmell v. Texas
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Carmell v. Texas is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the scope of the Constitution’s Ex Post Facto Clause by holding that a law easing the evidentiary requirements for conviction in certain sexual offense cases could not be applied retroactively.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carmell v. Texas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12011341 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carmell v. Texas Context triple: [Ex Post Facto Clause, interpretedIn, Carmell v. Texas]
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A.
Sossamon v. Texas
Sossamon v. Texas is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states do not consent to suits for money damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by accepting federal funds, reinforcing principles of state sovereign immunity.
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B.
Moore v. Texas
Moore v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases, reinforcing constitutional limits on executing individuals with such disabilities.
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C.
Jurek v. Texas
Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
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D.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carmell v. Texas Target entity description: Carmell v. Texas is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the scope of the Constitution’s Ex Post Facto Clause by holding that a law easing the evidentiary requirements for conviction in certain sexual offense cases could not be applied retroactively.
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A.
Sossamon v. Texas
Sossamon v. Texas is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states do not consent to suits for money damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by accepting federal funds, reinforcing principles of state sovereign immunity.
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B.
Moore v. Texas
Moore v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases, reinforcing constitutional limits on executing individuals with such disabilities.
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C.
Jurek v. Texas
Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
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D.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.