473 U.S. 927
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 3, 1985
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1985-09-03
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Decided 1985-09-03
Cited by 33 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2008 · most notably Darden v. Wainwright (1986), Garrett v. United States (1985)
6 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
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¶1dissenting.
¶2Because this Court has not yet had an opportunity to review the denial of applicant’s first petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus, we would grant the application for a stay of execution to enable this Court to consider whether to grant certiorari in the normal course of business.