Powell v. Estelle, 444 U.S. 892

Lead Opinion

Appeal from Sup. Ct. Tex. dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.

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Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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.

Case Details

Case Name: Powell v. Estelle

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 9, 1979

Citations: 444 U.S. 892; 100 S. Ct. 198; 62 L. Ed. 2d 129; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 3259; No. 79-5198

Docket Number: No. 79-5198

Court Abbreviation: U.S.