Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Hawkins v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 30, 1981 · Marshall

454 U.S. 919 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

13 later published cases cite this decision.

Ex Parte Carmona (Tex. Crim. App. 2006)
Nichols v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1988)
Carmona, Ex Parte Carlos (Tex. Crim. App. 2006)
Rodriguez v. State (Tex. App. 2001)
Ernestina Rodriguez v. State (Tex. App. 2001)
Rodriguez v. State (Tex. App. 2001)
Limas v. State (Tex. App. 1997)
Lisenby v. State (Tex. App. 1993)
Hathorn v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1992)
Cantu v. State (Tex. App. 1992)
Dunn v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1987)
Thomas v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1985)
Long v. State (Tex. App. 1983)

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Opinion

454 U.S. 919

102 S.Ct. 422

70 L.Ed.2d 231

Samuel HAWKINS, Petitioner
v.
TEXAS

No. 80-6514

Supreme Court of the United States

October 13, 1981

Rehearing Denied Nov. 30, 1981.

See 454 U.S. 1093, 102 S.Ct. 660.

The motion of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas denied.

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, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2950, 2973, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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