Willis v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

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.