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Porter v. TexasPorter v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
May 3, 1982
No. 81-6110; No. 81-6205; No. 81-6352
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

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

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6110, 623 S. W. 2d ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‍374; No. 81-6205, 622 S. W. 2d 101.






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: Porter v. Texas
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: May 3, 1982
Citations: 456 U.S. 965; 102 S. Ct. 2046; 72 L. Ed. 2d 491; 50 U.S.L.W. 3881; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2039; No. 81-6110; No. 81-6205; No. 81-6352
Docket Number: No. 81-6110; No. 81-6205; No. 81-6352
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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