Andrade v. Texas, 475 U.S. 1112

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. ‍​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6376, 700 S. W. 2d 585; No. 85-6439, 230 Va. 322, 337 ‍​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍S. E. 2d 715.

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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.

Case Details

Case Name: Andrade v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Apr 7, 1986

Citations: 475 U.S. 1112; 106 S. Ct. 1524; 89 L. Ed. 2d 921; 54 U.S.L.W. 3663; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1821; No. 85-6376; No. 85-6439

Docket Number: No. 85-6376; No. 85-6439

Court Abbreviation: U.S.