Quarterman v. Nelson, 06–1254.

Decision Date18 June 2007
Docket NumberNo. 06–1254.,06–1254.
Citation75 USLW 3678,168 L.Ed.2d 719,127 S.Ct. 2974,551 U.S. 1141,75 USLW 3674,75 USLW 3512
PartiesNathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, petitioner, v. Billy Ray NELSON.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court
OPINION TEXT STARTS HERE

Case below, 472 F.3d 287.

Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

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  • Smith v. Quarterman
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • January 23, 2008
    ...Fifth Circuit sluing en banc also recently decided Nelson v. Quarterman, 472 F.3d 287 (5th Cir.2006), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 2974, 168 L.Ed.2d 719 (2007). The court held that the Texas special issues as applied to the petitioner's mitigating evidence did not allow the jury to......
  • Blue v. Thaler
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • December 22, 2011
    ...the circumstances of his crime.”). 73. 472 F.3d 287, 293 (5th Cir.2006) (en banc) (citations omitted), cert. denied, 551 U.S. 1141, 127 S.Ct. 2974, 168 L.Ed.2d 719 (2007). FN74. See Abdul–Kabir v. Quarterman, 550 U.S. 233, 246, 127 S.Ct. 1654, 167 L.Ed.2d 585 (2007) (“[W]ell before our deci......
  • Cortez v. Director
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas
    • March 29, 2016
    ... ... Quarterman , 503 F.3d 408, 414 (5th Cir. 2007) (citations omitted), cert ... denied , 552 U.S. 1314 (2008); ... differently than the Supreme Court did on a set of materially indistinguishable facts." Nelson v ... Quarterman , 472 F.3d 287, 292 (5th Cir. 2006) (en banc) (quoting Mitchell v ... Esparza , 540 ... ...
  • Chanthakoummane v. Director
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas
    • March 20, 2015
    ... ... and noon, and she brought her husband, Nelson Villavicencio, with her. As they sat in their car and waited, they saw a man drive by in a white ... Quarterman , 472 F.3d 287, 292 (5th Cir. 2006) (en banc) (quoting Mitchell v. Esparza , 540 U.S. 12, 15-16 ... ...
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