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HALL v. FLORIDA

No. 12-10882.

134 S.Ct. 1986 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 1007

Freddie Lee HALL, Petitioner v. FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Allen Winsor , Solicitor General, for Respondent.

Eric C. Pinkard , Counsel of Record, Tampa, FL, Mark E. Olive , Law Offices of Mark E. Olive P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Seth P. Waxman , Danielle Spinelli , Megan Barbero , Daniel T. Deacon , Matthew Guarnieri , Thomas G. Sprankling , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Carolyn M. Snurkowski , Associate Deputy Attorney General, Carol M. Dittmar , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Diane G. DeWolf , Rachel E. Nordby , Leah A. Sevi , Osvaldo Vazquez , Deputy Solicitors General, Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General of Florida, Allen Winsor , Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This Court has held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution forbid the execution of persons with intellectual disability. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 321, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002). Florida law defines intellectual disability to require an IQ test score of 70 or less. If, from test scores, a prisoner is deemed to have an IQ above 70,...

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