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Smith v. Texas , 550 U.S. 297 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case about a challenge to a Texas death penalty court procedure. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion of the Court, holding 5-4 that the Texas procedure was improper.
Smith v. Texas , 550 U.S. 297 (2007) ( Smith II ), a 5–4 decision authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy and holding that the state court, on remand from Smith I , 543 U.S. 37 (2004), had incorrectly ruled that the defendant had not preserved on appeal the constitutional errors identified in that previous decision.
Republic v. Skidmore, Dallam 581 (1844).Concerning headwright certificates issued to families residing in Texas on the date independence was declared. [1]Herbert v. Moore, Dallam 592 (1844).
A Texas law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold for now, a federal appeals court ruled. The 2-1 ruling late Tuesday ...
A federal appeals court Friday upheld a lower court ruling that found protections for so-called Dreamers to be unlawful, suspending the program in Texas while otherwise limiting its ruling in the ...
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Other states using the trusty system, such as Arkansas, [13] Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas were also forced to abolish it under the Gates v. Collier rulings. [12] However, some states, such as Texas, [14] still continued their use of trusty systems (known as "building tenders") until the 1980s, when Federal Judge William Wayne Justice, in Ruiz v.
Texas was silent in the hours after the ruling on whether and when state troopers or Texas National Guard soldiers — who have the most interaction with migrants —- would begin enforcement.