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Milton v. Texas
451 U.S. 1031
SCOTUS
1981
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Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-*1032rari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6324, 599 S. W. 2d 824; No. 80-6367, 221 Va. 532, 273 S. E. 2d 48.






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.

Case Details

Case Name: Milton v. Texas
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: May 26, 1981
Citation: 451 U.S. 1031
Docket Number: No. 80-6324; No. 80-6367
Court Abbreviation: SCOTUS
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