Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

Denney v. Texas

Denney v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 19, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall
437 U.S. 911; 98 S. Ct. 3104 (United States Reports)

Denney v. Texas

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 grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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