Smith v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States March 7, 1977

Smith v. Texas, 430 U.S. 922 (1977)

97 S. Ct. 1341

Brennan, Certiorari, Death, Insofar, Sentence, Undisturbed, Vacate

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall would grant certiorari and vacate the judgment insofar as it leaves undisturbed the sentence of death.

See Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting) ; id., at 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting). Mr. Justice White would grant certiorari limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition.

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