Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Marquez v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 5, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall

484 U.S. 872 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Common Pleas of Lexington County, S. C-;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

*873No. 86-7114. No. 86-7129. No. 87-5011. No. 87-5025. No. 87-5029. No. 87-5033. No. 87-5040. No. 87-5042. No. 87-5089. No. 87-5098. No. 87-5100. No. 87-5117. No. 87-5139. No. 87-5152. No. 87-5192. No. 87-5203. No. 87-5215. No. 87-5258. No. 87-5268.

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. 111.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. 111.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. 111.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.

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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