Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

Bodde v. Texas

Bodde v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 19, 1979 · Brennan, Marshall
440 U.S. 968; 99 S. Ct. 1520 (United States Reports)

Bodde v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Cer-

tiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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