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Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

McCormick v. Texas

McCormick v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 15, 1979 · Brennan, Marshall
444 U.S. 919; 62 L. Ed. 2d 175; 100 S. Ct. 238; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 3438 (United States Reports)

McCormick v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-6680, 582 S. W. 2d 786; *920No. 78-6777, 582 S. W. 2d 794; No. 78-6799, 582 S. W. 2d 815; No. 79-5031, 366 So. 2d 1; No. 79-5061, 219 Va. 1091, 254 S. E. 2d 116.

Dissenting Opinion

Me. 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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