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Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Cordova v. Texas

Cordova v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 5, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall
476 U.S. 1101; 106 S. Ct. 1942; 90 L. Ed. 2d 352; 54 U.S.L.W. 3728; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 2913 (United States Reports)

Cordova 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 sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from Ct. Crim. App. Tex. dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.

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