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.