Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Gholson v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 20, 1977 · Brennan, Marshall

432 U.S. 911; 97 S. Ct. 2960 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Powell v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1987)
Woolls v. State of Texas (Tex. Crim. App. 1983)
Washington v. State (Miss. 1978)

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Dissenting Opinion

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 sentences in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

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