Quinones v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States October 6, 1980

Quinones v. Texas, 449 U.S. 893 (1980)

101 S. Ct. 256; 66 L. Ed. 2d 121; 49 U.S.L.W. 3251; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3440

Brennan, Certiorari, Marshall

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and 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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Status: Published