Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Williams v. Texas

Williams v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 8, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall
455 U.S. 1008; 102 S. Ct. 1646 (United States Reports)

Williams v. Texas

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 sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

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