Case Name: COLE v. TEXAS
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1991-03-18
Citations: 499 U.S. 1301
Docket Number: No. A-704 (90-7411)
Parties: COLE v. TEXAS
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 499
Pages: 1301–1301

Head Matter:
COLE v. TEXAS
No. A-704 (90-7411).
Decided March 18, 1991

Opinion:
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.