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Bell v. TexasBell v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 12, 1987
No. 86-5420; No. 86-5614; No. 86-5844
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. ‍‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5420, 707 S. W. 2d 52; No. 86-5614, 714 S. ‍‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍W. 2d 241; No. 86-5844, 494 N. E. 2d 284.






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: Bell v. Texas
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jan 12, 1987
Citations: 479 U.S. 1046; 107 S. Ct. 910; No. 86-5420; No. 86-5614; No. 86-5844
Docket Number: No. 86-5420; No. 86-5614; No. 86-5844
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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