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Crawford v. TexasCrawford v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Jun 8, 1981
No. 80-5693; No. 80-6322; No. 80-6345; No. 80-6401
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‍Miss.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5693, 617 S. W. 2d 925; ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‍No. 80-6322, 609 S. W. 2d 762; No. 80-6345, 391 So. 2d 601.






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.

Case Details

Case Name: Crawford v. Texas
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jun 8, 1981
Citations: 452 U.S. 931; 101 S. Ct. 3067; 69 L. Ed. 2d 431; 49 U.S.L.W. 3912; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2463; No. 80-5693; No. 80-6322; No. 80-6345; No. 80-6401
Docket Number: No. 80-5693; No. 80-6322; No. 80-6345; No. 80-6401
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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