Herrera v. Texas

471 U.S. 1131 | SCOTUS | 1985

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. 84-6505, 105 Ill. 2d 79, 473 N. E. 2d 868; No. 84-6534, 105 Ill. 2d 22, 473 N. E. 2d 840.

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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.