Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Housel v. Georgia

Housel v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 30, 1988 · Brennan, Marshall
487 U.S. 1240 (United States Reports)

Housel v. Georgia

Opinion of the Court

*1240Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

*1241No. 87-6137. No. 87-6381. No. 87-6436. No. 87-6873. No. 87-6886. No. 87-7255.

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-5418, 257 Ga. 115, 355 S. E. 2d 651; No. 87-5876, 733 S. W. 2d 175; No. 87-6137, 823 F. 2d 402; No. 87-6381, 752 S. W. 2d 524; No. 87-6436, 514 So. 2d 354; No. 87-6873, 736 S. W. 2d 702; No. 87-6886, 745 S. W. 2d 4; No. 87-7255, 748 S. W. 2d 451.

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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