Woods v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Woods v. Texas, 453 U.S. 913 (1981)
101 S. Ct. 3146

Woods v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-721, 569 S. W. 2d 901; No. 79-5199, 582 S. W. 2d 800; No. 79-5587, 599 S. W. 2d 312; No. 79-6081, 587 S. W. 2d 167; No. 79-6608, 591 S. W. 2d 488; No. 80-5320, 596 S. W. 2d 875.

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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