Johnson v. Texas
Dissenting Opinion
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;
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