Hamm v. Smith (604 U.S. 1) | SCOTUS Decisions

The record

Term: 2024
Decided: Nov 4, 2024
Issue area: —
Vote split: —
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: —
Disposition: —
Docket: 23-167
U.S. Reports: 604 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: Per curiam

Holding

The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Eleventh Circuit to clarify the basis for its decision affirming the District Court’s judgment that Smith is ineligible for the death penalty due to intellectual disability.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.

Read the opinion

Name, docket, decision date, citation, syllabus summary and opinion author are taken from the Court’s slip opinion for the 2024 term. No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.