COLE v. TEXAS

No. A-704 (90-7411).

499 U.S. 1301 (1991)

COLE v. TEXAS

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided March 18, 1991.


JUSTICE SCALIA, Circuit Justice.

I have before me an application for a stay of execution pending disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. The petitioner seeks direct review of the judgment of the Texas courts affirming his death sentence.

I will in this case, and in every capital case on direct review, grant a stay of execution pending disposition by this Court of the petition for certiorari. While I will...

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