Cockrum v. Texas

Mar 6, 1989
No. 88-6326 (A-600)
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

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.





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.