Legal Opinion
Smith v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 25, 2007No. 05-11304PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
The jury in a Texas state court convicted petitioner La-Royce Lathair Smith of first-degree murder and determined he should receive a death sentence. This Court now reviews a challenge to the sentencing proceeding for a second time.
The sentencing took place in the interim between our decisions in Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U. S. 302 (1989) (Penry I), and Penry v. Johnson, 532 U. S. 782 (2001) (Penry II). In Penry I the Court addressed the special-issue questions then submitted to Texas juries to guide their sentencing determinations in capital cases. The decision held that the Texas special issues…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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