Milton v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Milton v. Texas, 451 U.S. 1031 (1981)
69 L. Ed. 2d 400; 49 U.S.L.W. 3883; 101 S. Ct. 3022; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2275

Milton v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-*1032rari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6324, 599 S. W. 2d 824; No. 80-6367, 221 Va. 532, 273 S. E. 2d 48.

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 sentences in these cases.

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