Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Hernandez-Beltran v. United States

485 U.S. 1014

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-04-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • stating that for one to be competent to be executed he has to be aware of the punishment he is about to suffer and why he must suffer it
  • the conduct must be so egregious and reckless that it may be deemed a substantive denial of due process

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.