Quinones v. Texas, 449 U.S. 893

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‍denied.

Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.

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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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Quinones v. Texas

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 6, 1980

Citations: 449 U.S. 893; 101 S. Ct. 256; 66 L. Ed. 2d 121; 49 U.S.L.W. 3251; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3440; No. 80-5053

Docket Number: No. 80-5053

Court Abbreviation: U.S.