Johnny Paul Penry v. James A. Lynaugh, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Johnny Paul Penry v. James A. Lynaugh, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections
882 F.2d 141; 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 13013; 1989 WL 90692
(Federal Reporter, Second Series)
Johnny Paul Penry v. James A. Lynaugh, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Opinion
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
The Supreme Court has concluded that the jury was not provided with a vehicle for responding to the mitigating evidence of Penry’s mental retardation and abused background, and the Court has ordered that Penry be resentenced. Penry v. Lynaugh, — U.S.-, 109 S.Ct. 2934, 106 L.Ed.2d 256 (1989).
Accordingly, the district court’s judgment denying the writ is reversed, and the cause is remanded to that court for an order complying with the directions of the Supreme Court.
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