Milton v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Supreme Court of the United States June 25, 1985

Milton v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, 472 U.S. 1033 (1985)

105 S. Ct. 3516; 87 L. Ed. 2d 645; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2360

Opinion of the Court

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, 1985, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

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 the application for stay and a petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Reference

Full Case Name: Charles Milton, Applicant v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections No. A-964
Cited By: 15 cases
Status: Published