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Bobby James Moore v. Texas, 474 U.S. 1113 (1986)
Bobby James Moore v. Texas, 474 U.S. 1113 (1986)
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106 S.Ct. 1167
89 L.Ed.2d 289
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, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2950, 2973, 49
L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), we would grant the application for stay, the petition for
writ of certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.
Justice BLACKMUN and Justice STEVENS would grant the application for
stay.