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Type
Opinion of the Court
Filed
Dec. 8, 2016
Case
Smith v. Alabama
Case status
Decided

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CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice. UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that execution of the sentence of death is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court.…

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