Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Woods v. Texas

Woods v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 29, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
453 U.S. 913; 101 S. Ct. 3146 (United States Reports)

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.

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