Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

Jones v. Texas

Jones v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 6, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall
439 U.S. 959 (United States Reports)

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.

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