Westley v. Texas

Jun 26, 1989
No. 88-6897; No. 88-7090
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Ct. Crim. ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-6897, 754 S. W. 2d 224; No. 88-7090, 766 ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍S. W. 2d 227.





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.