474 U.S. 1110
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 27, 1986
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1986-01-27
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia
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Decided 1986-01-27
Cited by 174 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2016 · most notably Walton v. Arizona (1990), Bracy v. Gramley (1997)
18 federal appellate · 143 state decisions
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¶1Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death scheduled for February 18, 1986, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.
¶2dissenting.
¶3Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.