Leal Garcia v. Texas
2011 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leal Garcia v. Texas, 564 U.S. 940 (2011), was a ruling in which the Supreme Court of the United States denied Humberto Leal García's application for stay of execution and application for writ of habeas corpus.[1] Leal was subsequently executed by lethal injection.[2] The central issue was not Leal's guilt,[3] but rather that he was not notified of his right to call his consulate as required by international law.[4] The Court did not stay the execution because Congress had never enacted legislation regarding this provision of international law.[5] The ruling attracted a great deal of commentary[6] and Leal's case was supported by attorneys specializing in international law and several former United States diplomats.[7]
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Leal Garcia v. Texas | |
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Decided July 7, 2011 | |
Full case name | Leal Garcia v. Texas |
Docket no. | 11-5001 |
Citations | 564 U.S. 940 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2866; 180 L. Ed. 2d 872; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 5019 |
Case history | |
Prior | Application for stay and on petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Holding | |
Courts cannot stay an execution on the basis of the then possibility that Congress will, in the future, enact a statute to enforce an international law. | |
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Case opinions | |
Per curiam | |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |