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Hovila v. Texas
99 S. Ct. 1058
SCOTUS
1979
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Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.






Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Hovila v. Texas
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jan 22, 1979
Citation: 99 S. Ct. 1058
Docket Number: No. 78-5198
Court Abbreviation: SCOTUS
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