Ruling reversing Texas death sentence [US SC] News
Ruling reversing Texas death sentence [US SC]

LaRoyce Lathair Smith v. Texas, Supreme Court of the United States, per curiam, November 15, 2004 [reversing the death sentence of a Texas man because jurors were not instructed to consider mitigating evidence when deliberating on the sentence]. Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.