Jones v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Jones v. Texas, 439 U.S. 959 (1978)

Jones v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5250, 568 S. W. 2d 847; No. 78-5311, 358 So. 2d 826.

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.

Reference

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