Supreme Court of the United States, 1991

Cuevas v. Texas

Cuevas v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 22, 1991 · Marshall
500 U.S. 939 (United States Reports)

Cuevas v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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