Supreme Court of the United States, 1994

Pickens v. Tucker

Pickens v. Tucker
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 11, 1994 · Blackmun
511 U.S. 1079; 114 S. Ct. 1668 (United States Reports)

Pickens v. Tucker

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 8th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Blackmun, 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 grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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