Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Phillips v. Texas

Phillips v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 23, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall
477 U.S. 909; 106 S. Ct. 3285 (United States Reports)

Phillips v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6523, 701 S. W. 2d 875; No. 85-6545, 484 So. 2d 1235; No. 85-6696, 702 S. W. 2d 840; No. 85-6963, 705 S. W. 2d 19; No. 85-6974, 474 So. 2d 808.

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.

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