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Colburn v. Cockrell

537 U.S. 1015 Court SCOTUS Decision date 2002-11-06 Docket No. 02A376 English

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p. 1015
November 6, 2002
No. 02A376.
Colburn v. Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, granted pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for writ of certio-rari. Should the petition for writ of certiorari be denied, this

p. 1016
stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall continue pending the sending down of the judgment of this Court.