Hernandez v. Texas

Jun 3, 1991
No. 90-7315; No. 90-7757; No. 90-7786; No. 90-7882
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‍7th Cir.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-7315, 805 S. W. 2d ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‍409; No. 90-7757, 573 So. 2d 284; No. 90-7882, 805 P. 2d 672.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‍view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‍and vacate the death sentences in these cases.