Jones v. Texas

Nov 6, 1978
No. 78-5250; No. 78-5311
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5250, 568 S. W. 2d 847; No. 78-5311, 358 So. ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍2d 826.





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.