Moore v. Texas, 474 U.S. 1113

Lead Opinion

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

Justice Blackmun and ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay. Certiorari denied.

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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 and the petition for writ of ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Moore v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Feb 21, 1986

Citations: 474 U.S. 1113; 106 S. Ct. 1167; 89 L. Ed. 2d 289; 54 U.S.L.W. 3558; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1280; 85-6372 (A-609)

Docket Number: 85-6372 (A-609)

Court Abbreviation: U.S.