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Russell BUCKLEW, applicant, v. George A. LOMBARDI, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections., 2014 — 572 U.S. 1131 · caselaw · US
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Russell BUCKLEW, applicant, v. George A. LOMBARDI, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections.
572 U.S. 1131189 L. Ed. 2d 206·Supreme Court of the United States·2014
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Opinion
Russell BUCKLEW, applicant,
v.
George A. LOMBARDI, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections.
No. 13A1153.
Supreme Court of the United States
May 21, 2014.
Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice ALITO and by him referred to the Court treated as an application for stay pending appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Application granted pending disposition of petitioner's appeal. We leave for further consideration in the lower courts whether an evidentiary hearing is necessary.