Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Woodkins v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 6, 1977 · Brennan, Marshall

431 U.S. 960; 97 S. Ct. 2688 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

Buffington v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1983)

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Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall, dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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