Hernandez v. Texas
Hernandez v. Texas
500 U.S. 960
(United States Reports)
Hernandez v. Texas
Opinion of the Court
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
C. A. 7th Cir.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-7315, 805 S. W. 2d 409; No. 90-7757, 573 So. 2d 284; No. 90-7882, 805 P. 2d 672.
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.
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