Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Evans v. Texas

Evans v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 19, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
465 U.S. 1109; 80 L. Ed. 2d 145; 104 S. Ct. 1617 (United States Reports)

Evans 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 sentences in these cases.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5965, 656 S. W. 2d 65; No. 83-6097, 226 Va. 31, 307 S. E. 2d 864; No. 83-6136, 454 N. E. 2d 845.

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