Ferguson v. Texas

Jun 11, 1979
No. 78-6375; No. 78-6462; No. 78-6561
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. ‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‍Ga.; and Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. ‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‍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.