Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Herrera v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 28, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

471 U.S. 1131; 86 L. Ed. 2d 282; 105 S. Ct. 2665; 53 U.S.L.W. 3838; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2053 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6395, 682 S. W. 2d 313; No. 84-*11326505, 105 Ill. 2d 79, 473 N. E. 2d 868; No. 84-6534, 105 Ill. 2d 22, 473 N. E. 2d 840.

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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