Supreme Court of the United States
Smith v. Texas
This writing
- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- April 25, 2007
- Case
- Smith v. Texas
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Alito, with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas join, dissenting. The issue in this case is less complicated than the opinion of the Court suggests. The federal constitutional error that occurred at the penalty phase of petitioner’s trial and that *317was identified in Smith v. Texas,…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | April 25, 2007 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | April 25, 2007 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | April 25, 2007 |