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Williams v. Lynaugh

U.S.
Apr 6, 1987
481 U.S. 1008 (1987)

Opinion

No. 86-6600 (A-697).

April 6, 1987, October TERM, 1986.


C.A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to JUSTICE WHITE, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 809 F. 2d 1063.


Adhering 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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.


Summaries of

Williams v. Lynaugh

U.S.
Apr 6, 1987
481 U.S. 1008 (1987)
Case details for

Williams v. Lynaugh

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH, INTERIM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Court:U.S.

Date published: Apr 6, 1987

Citations

481 U.S. 1008 (1987)

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