Murphy v. Collier

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587 U. S. ____

(2019) 1 KAVANAUGH, J., concurring SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PATRICK HENRY MURPHY v. BRYAN COLLIER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 18A985. Decided March 28, 2019 The application for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted. The State may not carry out Mur- phy’s execution pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari unless the State permits Murphy’s Buddhist spiritual advisor or another Buddhist…