Hamilton ex rel. Smith v. Texas

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; C. A. 7th Cir.; C. A. 8th Cir.; and Magwood v. Alabama. Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari 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 sentences in these cases.

Case Details

Case Name: Hamilton ex rel. Smith v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Apr 30, 1990

Citation: 495 U.S. 923

Docket Number: No. 87-6927; No. 89-81; No. 89-5596; No. 89-6954

Court Abbreviation: SCOTUS