A SCOTUS win for the capital defendant in Cone v. Bell

Though it will not get as much attention as a bunch of four-letter words, the B-ruling in today’s Supreme Court double-feature is a win for a capital defendant.  Here are the basics courtesy of SCOTUSblog:

The Court has released the opinion in Cone v. Bell (07-1114). The decision below, which held for the state, is vacated and remanded in a 6-3 opinion by Justice Stevens available here. The Chief Justice filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.  Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Scalia.

UPDATE:  C&C has this extensive commentary on the Cone ruling.