Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Foster v. Fillinger
469 U.S. 872
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-10-01
- Topic
- general
abduction, stabbing fourteen times, and run over with a car | abduction, stabbing fourteen times, and run over with a car | While it might be preferable to charge that the Texas law of parties does not apply to the special issues, the ambiguity, if any, does not result in a level of uncertainty or unreliability in the fact-finding process such that the Texas capital sentencing scheme is defective.
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Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.
Justice Brennan, Justice Marshall, and Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.