Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Bell v. Texas

Bell v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 12, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall
479 U.S. 1046; 107 S. Ct. 910 (United States Reports)

Bell v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5420, 707 S. W. 2d 52; No. 86-5614, 714 S. W. 2d 241; No. 86-5844, 494 N. E. 2d 284.

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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