Leal Garcia v. Texas
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. Leal was subsequently executed by lethal injection. The central issue was not Leal's guilt, but rather that he was not notified of his right to call his consulate as required by international law. The Court did not stay the execution because Congress had never enacted legislation regarding this provision of international law. The ruling attracted a great deal of commentary and Leal's case was supported by attorneys specializing in international law and several former United States diplomats.
| Leal Garcia v. Texas | |
|---|---|
Supreme Court of the United States | |
| 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. | |
| Court membership | |
| |
| Case opinions | |
| Per curiam | |
| Dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Part of a series on |
| Chicanos and Mexican Americans |
|---|
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.