McCormick v. Texas, 444 U.S. 919

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

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

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-6680, 582 S. W. 2d 786; *920No. 78-6777, 582 S. W. ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‍2d 794; No. 78-6799, 582 S. W. 2d 815; No. 79-5031, 366 So. 2d 1; No. 79-5061, 219 Va. 1091, 254 S. E. 2d ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‍116.

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Dissenting Opinion

Me. 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.

Case Details

Case Name: McCormick v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 15, 1979

Citations: 444 U.S. 919; 100 S. Ct. 238; 62 L. Ed. 2d 175; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 3438; No. 78-6680; No. 78-6777; No. 78-6799; No. 79-5031; No. 79-5061

Docket Number: No. 78-6680; No. 78-6777; No. 78-6799; No. 79-5031; No. 79-5061

Court Abbreviation: U.S.