Castillo v. Texas

Jun 30, 1988
No. 87-6363
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Appeal from Ct. Crim. App. Tex. dismissed ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‍for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‍petition for writ of certio-rari, certiorari denied.





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 sentence in this case.