Case Name: Selvage v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1989-10-10
Citations: 493 U.S. 888
Docket Number: No. 87-6700
Parties: Selvage v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 493
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
No. 87-6700.
Selvage v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections.

Opinion:
C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of peti tioner for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition, but rephrased as follows: "At the time petitioner was tried, was there 'cause' for not raising a claim based upon arguments later accepted in Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U. S. 302 (1989), and if not, would the application of a procedural bar to the claim result in a 'fundamental miscarriage of justice,' Smith v. Murray, 477 U. S. 527, 537-538 (1986)?"