Milton v. Texas, 451 U.S. 1031

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.

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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

Citations: 451 U.S. 1031; 101 S. Ct. 3022; 69 L. Ed. 2d 400; 49 U.S.L.W. 3883; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2275; No. 80-6324; No. 80-6367

Docket Number: No. 80-6324; No. 80-6367

Court Abbreviation: U.S.