Johnson v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Johnson v. Texas, 474 U.S. 865 (1985)
106 S. Ct. 186

Johnson 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.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Del.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Wyo.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

C. A. 6th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Va; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6474, 691 S. W. 2d 619; *866No. 84-6551, 680 S. W. 2d 815; No. 84-6596, 105 Ill. 2d 226, 473 N. E. 2d 901; No. 84-6651, 691 S. W. 2d 627; No. 84-6653, 490 A. 2d 104; No. 84-6771, 757 F. 2d 1463; No. 84-6823, 254 Ga. 149, 327 S. E. 2d 475; No. 84-6833, 685 S. W. 2d 26; No. 84-6852, 254 Ga. 83, 326 S. E. 2d 735; No. 84-6879, 465 So. 2d 499; No. 84-6899, 696 P. 2d 54; No. 84-6970, 285 S. C. 125, 328 S. E. 2d 628; No. 85-5044, 700 P. 2d 223; No. 85-5119, 472 So. 2d 1143; No. 85-5212, 479 So. 2d 76; Nos. 85-5224 and 85-5225, 229 Va. 401, 329 S. E. 2d 815.

Reference

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