Mr. Chief Justice Burger, with whom Mr. Justice Powell joins, concurring. On December 2, 1976, Bessie Gilmore, claiming to act as “next friend” on behalf of her son, Gary Mark Gilmore, filed with this Court an application for a stay of execution of the death sentence then scheduled for December 6, 1976. 1 Since only a limited record was then before th…
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