Cockrum v. Texas, 489 U.S. 1072

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Application for stay of mandate, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

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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 the application and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Cockrum v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Mar 6, 1989

Citations: 489 U.S. 1072; 109 S. Ct. 1358; No. 88-6326 (A-600)

Docket Number: No. 88-6326 (A-600)

Court Abbreviation: U.S.