Willis v. Texas
Opinion of the Court
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ohio; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-7782, 785 S. W. 2d 378; No. 90-5460, 789 S. W. 2d 545; No. 90-5488, 50 Ohio St. 3d 114, 552 N. E. 2d 913; No. 90-5591, 240 Va. 78, 393 S. E. 2d 609.
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Willis v. Texas Burger v. Zant, Warden Jones v. Tennessee Laney v. Tennessee Pope v. Thompson, Warden Wickline v. Ohio Spencer v. Virginia
- Status
- Published