Ferguson v. Texas

Jun 11, 1979
No. 78-6375; No. 78-6462; No. 78-6561
Versions:442 U.S. 934

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.