Brock v. Texas

Dec 12, 1977
No. 77-5553; No. 77-5620
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5553, 556 S. W. 2d 300; No. 77-5620, 239 Ga. 53, 236 ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍S. E. 2d 1.





Dissenting Opinion

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 sentences in these cases.