Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

King v. Texas

King v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 21, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall
434 U.S. 1088 (United States Reports)

King v. Texas

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 grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5687, 553 S. W. 2d 105; No. 77-5715, 556 S. W. 2d 287; No. 77-5921, 239 Ga. 238, 236 S. E. 2d 594.

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