Hall v. Thaler
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on October 18, 2010.
Docket No.10-37
Op. Below5th Circuit
Issue
(1) Whether an IQ below seventy and substantial adaptive limitations that satisfy the clinical definition of mental retardation fail to shield a defendant from execution when those limitations may have been caused, even in part, by “environmental”? factors; and (2) whether Texas’s approach to assessing adaptive limitations violates established precedent.
Recommended Citation: Hall v. Thaler, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/hall-v-thaler/