East v. Texas, 474 U.S. 1000

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certio-rari ‍‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‍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 certiorari and vacate ‍‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‍the death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: East v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Nov 18, 1985

Citations: 474 U.S. 1000; 106 S. Ct. 418; 88 L. Ed. 2d 368; 54 U.S.L.W. 3345; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4543; No. 85-5561

Docket Number: No. 85-5561

Court Abbreviation: U.S.