Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Porter v. Texas

Porter v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 3, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall
456 U.S. 965; 50 U.S.L.W. 3881; 102 S. Ct. 2046; 72 L. Ed. 2d 491; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2039 (United States Reports)
Porter v. Texas

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Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6110, 623 S. W. 2d 374; No. 81-6205, 622 S. W. 2d 101.

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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