Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Cockrum v. Texas

Cockrum v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 6, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
489 U.S. 1072; 109 S. Ct. 1358 (United States Reports)

Cockrum v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of mandate, 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, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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