Stewart v. LaGrand, No. 98-1412 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 115; 119 S.Ct. 1018) (March 3, 1999) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on June 19, 2000

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Procedural Default/Error.

Here Walter LaGrand was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to be executed by lethal gas. His conviction was affirmed on appeal in Arizona in 1987. At the time of his conviction and appeal, the only method of execution in Arizona was by gas. LaGrand made no constitutional challenge to ...

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