Gardner v. Texas

Jan 17, 1989
No. 87-6895; No. 88-5723; No. 88-5733; No. 88-5868; No. 88-5881; No. 88-5899; No. 88-5908; No. 88-5924
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‍Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Cal.; and

Sup. Ct. Cal. ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‍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 certiorari and ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‍vacate the death sentences in these cases.