MURPHY v. COLLIER

No. 18A985.

139 S.Ct. 1111 (2019)

Patrick Henry MURPHY v. Bryan COLLIER, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 2019.


The application for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted. The State may not carry out Murphy's execution pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari unless the State permits Murphy's Buddhist spiritual advisor or another Buddhist reverend of the State's choosing to accompany Murphy in the execution chamber during the execution.

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