Williams v. Texas

Mar 8, 1982
No. 81-5876
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. 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 sentence in this case.