Davis v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Davis v. Texas, 495 U.S. 940 (1990)

Davis v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Va.

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.

Reference

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