Cannon v. Texas

Jan 27, 1986
No. 85-5687; No. 85-5825; No. 85-5946
Versions:474 U.S. 1110
106 S. Ct. 897
88 L. Ed. 2d 931
54 U.S.L.W. 3499
1986 U.S. LEXIS 1270

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5687, 691 S. W. 2d 664; No. 85-5825, 692 S. W. 2d 686; No. 85-5946, 108 Ill. 2d 70, 483 N. E. 2d 250.





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 sentehces in these cases.