Dobbert v. Florida
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Dobbert v. Florida is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a death sentence and clarified the limits of the Ex Post Facto Clause in the context of changes to capital punishment procedures.
All labels observed (1)
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| Dobbert v. Florida canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12011342 — 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: Dobbert v. Florida Context triple: [Ex Post Facto Clause, interpretedIn, Dobbert v. Florida]
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Hall v. Florida
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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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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D.
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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E.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
- 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: Dobbert v. Florida Target entity description: Dobbert v. Florida is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a death sentence and clarified the limits of the Ex Post Facto Clause in the context of changes to capital punishment procedures.
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A.
Hall v. Florida
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
- F. None of above. chosen
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