King v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Supreme Court of the United States March 21, 1989

King v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, 489 U.S. 1093 (1989)

109 S. Ct. 1563; 57 U.S.L.W. 3669; 103 L. Ed. 2d 930; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1575

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. 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, *1094227, 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.

Reference

Full Case Name: Leon Rutherford King v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Cited By: 11 cases
Status: Published