Anderson v. Collins

Supreme Court of the United States April 26, 1994

Anderson v. Collins, 511 U.S. 1064 (1994)

62 U.S.L.W. 3721; 114 S. Ct. 1637; 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3061; 128 L. Ed. 2d 360; 1994 U.S. LEXIS 3297

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied. Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg would grant the application for stay of execution.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Blackmun,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would p*ant the application for stay of execution and the petition for certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Reference

Full Case Name: Anderson v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Status: Published