Rougeau v. Texas

Apr 25, 1988
No. 87-6260; No. 87-6522; No. 87-6554
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; C. A. ‍​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍11th Cir.; and Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Robeson County, N. C. ‍​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍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 sentences in these cases.