Supreme Court of the United States
Brewer v. Quarterman
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- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- April 25, 2007
- Case
- Brewer v. Quarterman
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a companion case to Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman, ante, p. 233. Like the petitioner in that case, petitioner Brent Ray Brewer claims that the former Texas capital sentencing statute impermissibly prevented his sentencing jury from giving meaningful consideration to constitutionally relevant mitigating evidence. In…
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