Mays v. Texas

Feb 22, 1988
No. 87-5575; No. 87-5717; No. 87-5799; No. 87-5873; No. 87-5989; No. 87-6014; No. 87-6019; No. 87-6044; No. 87-6132; No. 87-6172
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

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

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. ‍​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‍Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.





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.