Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Hawkins v. Texas

Hawkins v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 30, 1981 · Marshall
454 U.S. 919 (United States Reports)

Hawkins v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion of American Civil Liberties Union et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

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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