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Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Milton v. Texas

Milton v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 26, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
451 U.S. 1031; 69 L. Ed. 2d 400; 49 U.S.L.W. 3883; 101 S. Ct. 3022; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2275 (United States Reports)

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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