Thursday, June 18, 2015
Opinion finding unreasonable state court conclusions in mental disability death case
Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Brumfield v. Cain. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which the Chief Justice and Justices Scalia and Alito joined. Justice Alito dissented in an opinion joined by the Chief Justice.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2015/06/opinion-finding-unreasonable-state-court-conclusions-in-mental-disability-death-case.html