Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Mitchell v. Texas

Mitchell v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 16, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
464 U.S. 1073; 104 S. Ct. 986 (United States Reports)

Mitchell 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 *1074and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; and Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5387, 650 S. W. 2d 801; No. 83-5737, 437 So. 2d 1070; No. 83-5776, 668 P. 2d 1126.

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