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Moore v. Texas

474 U.S. 1113 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-02-21 Docket No. 85-6372 (A-609) English

Judges Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay. Certiorari denied.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 85-6372 (A-609).
Moore v. Texas.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay. Certiorari denied.

dissenting.

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 and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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