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Balentine v. Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, 2011 — 564 U.S. 1014 · caselaw · US
Criminal Law · MBE-tested
Balentine v. Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
564 U.S. 1014·Supreme Court of the United States·2011
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Opinion
No. 09-5128 (10A1212).
Balentine v. Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,
[MAJORITY]
558 U. S. 971. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing denied.