Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Landry v. Texas

Landry v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 12, 1988 · Brennan, Marshall
488 U.S. 989 (United States Reports)

Landry 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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

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