Esquivel v. McCotter

Supreme Court of the United States
Esquivel v. McCotter, 476 U.S. 1165 (1986)
106 S. Ct. 2294; 90 L. Ed. 2d 972; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1602

Esquivel v. McCotter

Opinion of the Court

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

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

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 in order *1166to give the applicant time to file a petition for writ of certiorari, and would grant the petition and vacate the death sentence in this case.

Reference

Full Case Name
Esquivel v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Cited By
21 cases
Status
Published