Abdul-Fabir v. Quarterman, No. 05-11284 (U.S. Supreme Court) (550 U.S. 286; 127 S.Ct. 1654) (April 25, 2007) (Justice Stevens)
Loaded on March 1, 2007
published in Punch and Jurists
April 02, 2007
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In these companion cases, the Court, by identical 5 to 4 votes, overturned the death sentences of two Texas death-row prisoners, holding that the Texas state courts had unreasonably applied firmly established Supreme Court law on jury instructions.
Abdul-Fabir v. Quarterman, No. 05-11284 (U.S. Sup. Ct. Apr. 25, 2007) (Justice ...
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