Hamm v. Smith · ¶137

Moore rejected this analysis, holding that courts may not rely on “factors unique to [the defendant]” to conclude that his “true” IQ falls in one range of a confidence interval rather than another. 581 U. S., at 14. Put differently, Moore held that courts may not infate or defate estimates of a defendant's IQ based on specific details about him. When determining a defendant's IQ, a court must consider only his test scores and valid statistical analysis.

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