Powell v. Estelle

Supreme Court of the United States
Powell v. Estelle, 444 U.S. 892 (1979)
100 S. Ct. 198; 62 L. Ed. 2d 129; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 3259

Powell v. Estelle

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.

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from Sup. Ct. Tex. dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.

Reference

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Powell v. Estelle, Corrections Director
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