East v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States November 18, 1985

East v. Texas, 474 U.S. 1000 (1985)

106 S. Ct. 418; 88 L. Ed. 2d 368; 54 U.S.L.W. 3345; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4543

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 sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certio-rari denied.

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