As Wiki reports:
The vote of the Supreme Court was not published, but some justices released opinions: Justice Scalia wrote a dissenting opinion joined by Justice Thomas, and Justice Stevens wrote a separate opinion in response, joined by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer. Justice Sotomayor did not take part in the consideration of the case.[10]
The hearing will now proceed in the Federal District Court.
Hereis the opinion of Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer. Here is the opinion of Justices Scalia and Thomas. I am reading these now.
There are two reasons why I am elated over this:
1. A serious injustice may be undone. Even if Davis is ultimately executed, at least he will have received a hearing on his innocence.
2. This strikes a serious blow against the current of cases that seemed to hold that innocence of the defendant was not relevant on appeal.