Cole Vs. Texas

cole v. texas - 499 u.s. 1301 (1991) u.s. supreme court cole v. texas, 499 u.s. 1301 (1991) cole v. texas no. a-704 decided march 18, 1991 499 u.s. 1301 on application for stay of execution of sentence of death justice scalia, circuit justice. i have before me an application for a stay of execution pending disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari to the court of criminal appeals of texas. the petitioner seeks direct review of the judgment of the texas courts affirming his death sentence. i will in this case, and in every capital case on direct review, grant a stay of execution pending disposition by this court of the petition for certiorari. while i will not extend the time for filing a petition beyond an established execution date, see madden v. texas, 498 u. s. 1301 (1991) (scalia, j., in chambers), neither will i permit the state's execution date to interfere with the orderly processing of a petition on direct review by this court. it is so ordered.