Willis v. Texas

Oct 9, 1990
No. 89-7782; No. 90-5356; No. 90-5460; No. 90-5471; No. 90-5477; No. 90-5488; No. 90-5591
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Ct. Crim. ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍App. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-7782, 785 S. W. 2d ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍378; No. 90-5460, 789 S. W. 2d 545; No. 90-5488, 50 Ohio St. 3d 114, 552 N. E. 2d 913; No. 90-5591, 240 ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍Va. 78, 393 S. E. 2d 609.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.