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Woods v. TexasWoods v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States
Jun 29, 1981
No. 79-721; No. 79-5199; No. 79-5587; No. 79-6081; No. 79-6608; No. 80-5320
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: ‍‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‍No. 79-721, 569 S. W. 2d 901; No. 79-5199, 582 S. W. 2d 800; No. 79-5587, 599 S. W. 2d 312; ‍‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‍No. 79-6081, 587 S. W. 2d 167; No. 79-6608, 591 S. W. 2d 488; No. 80-5320, 596 S. W. 2d 875.






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.

Case Details

Case Name: Woods v. Texas
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jun 29, 1981
Citations: 453 U.S. 913; 101 S. Ct. 3146; No. 79-721; No. 79-5199; No. 79-5587; No. 79-6081; No. 79-6608; No. 80-5320
Docket Number: No. 79-721; No. 79-5199; No. 79-5587; No. 79-6081; No. 79-6608; No. 80-5320
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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