Montoya v. Texas

Jun 27, 1988
No. 87-6731
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. 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 sentence in this case.