Rogers v. Texas

Nov 27, 1989
No. 89-5460; No. 89-5534; No. 89-5575; No. 89-5707; No. 89-5798
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5460, 774 S. W. 2d ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍247; No. 89-5534, 48 Cal. 3d 527, 770 P. 2d 244; No. 89-5707, 545 So. 2d 846.





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.