Hughes v. Texas

Mar 5, 1979
No. 78-5369; No. 78-5454; No. 78-5862
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. ;

Ct. Crim. App. ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‍Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Miss. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5369, 563 S. W. 2d 581; No. 78-5454, 564 ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‍S. W. 2d 776; No. 78-5862, 360 So. 2d 1206.





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 sentences in these cases.