Denney v. Texas , 98 S. Ct. 3104 ( 1978 )


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  • Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

    Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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 sentence in this case.

Document Info

Docket Number: No. 77-6539

Citation Numbers: 437 U.S. 911, 98 S. Ct. 3104

Judges: Brennan, Marshall

Filed Date: 6/19/1978

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 11/15/2024