Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Pierce v. Texas

Pierce v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 4, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
496 U.S. 912 (United States Reports)

Pierce v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6716, 777 S. W. 2d 399; No. 89-7146, 555 So. 2d 215.

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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