Clark v. Texas

May 18, 1987
No. 86-6193; No. 86-6374; No. 86-6599; No. 86-6603; No. 86-6618; No. 86-6648
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 11th ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‍Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.; and

Sup..Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6193, 717 S. W. 2d 910; No. 86-*10606374, 511 Pa. 490, 515 A. ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‍2d 832; No. 86-6599, 497 So. 2d 1169; No. 86-6603, 790 F. 2d 1499 and 809 F. 2d 750; No. 86-6618, 721 S. W. 2d ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‍694; No. 86-6648, 497 So. 2d 1185.





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.