Crawford v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States June 8, 1981

Crawford v. Texas, 452 U.S. 931 (1981)

101 S. Ct. 3067; 49 U.S.L.W. 3912; 69 L. Ed. 2d 431; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2463

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5693, 617 S. W. 2d 925; No. 80-6322, 609 S. W. 2d 762; No. 80-6345, 391 So. 2d 601.

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.

Reference

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Status: Published