Cannon v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States January 27, 1986

Cannon v. Texas, 474 U.S. 1110 (1986)

88 L. Ed. 2d 931; 106 S. Ct. 897; 54 U.S.L.W. 3499; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1270

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5687, 691 S. W. 2d 664; No. 85-5825, 692 S. W. 2d 686; No. 85-5946, 108 Ill. 2d 70, 483 N. E. 2d 250.

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 sentehces in these cases.

Reference

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Status: Published