United States Fifth Circuit

Murder of a child under six is a sufficiently narrow statutory aggravating factor for consideration of the death penalty, so capital punishment on the basis of the victim's tender age is not a violation of the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/15/2001
• Published 08/15/2001

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Francis Keegan, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kristen Alline Bates, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.