Legal Opinion
Evans v. Bennett
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 6, 1979No. A-868PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Rehnquist, Circuit Justice.
This application for stay has come to me by reason of the unavailability of Mr. Justice Powell. Applicant is the mother of John Louis Evans; her son was tried and convicted of robbery-murder and was sentenced to death pursuant to Alabama law by an Alabama trial court in April 1977. Evans did not contest his guilt at trial. Instead, he took the stand, confessed to the crime, and requested the jury to find him guilty so that he could receive the death penalty. His conviction and sentence were appealed (according to the application, against his will) under…
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