Herrera v. Texas

May 28, 1985
No. 84-6395; No. 84-6399; No. 84-6505; No. 84-6534
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.; ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‍and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6395, 682 S. W. 2d 313; No. 84-*11326505, 105 Ill. 2d ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‍79, 473 N. E. 2d 868; No. 84-6534, 105 Ill. 2d 22, 473 N. E. 2d 840.





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.