Mitchell v. Texas
464 U.S. 1073
SCOTUS
1984
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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 *1074and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.





Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; and Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5387, 650 S. W. 2d 801; No. 83-5737, 437 So. 2d 1070; No. 83-5776, 668 P. 2d 1126.