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Marquez v. Texas

484 U.S. 872 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-10-05 Docket No. 86-6765; No. 86-6845; No. 86-6855; No. 86-6865; No. 86-6878; No. 86-6880; No. 86-6887; No. 86-6904; No. 86-6933; No. 86-6937; No. 86-6941; No. 86-6953; No. 86-6978; No. 86-6983; No. 86-6989; No. 86-7005; No. 86-7015; No. 86-7022; No. 86-7040; No. 86-7061; No. 86-7074; No. 86-7082; No. 86-7103; No. 86-7112; No. 86-7114; No. 86-7129; No. 87-5011; No. 87-5025; No. 87-5029; No. 87-5033; No. 87-5040; No. 87-5042; No. 87-5089; No. 87-5098; No. 87-5100; No. 87-5117; No. 87-5139; No. 87-5152; No. 87-5192; No. 87-5203; No. 87-5215; No. 87-5258; No. 87-5268 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents

Majority

p. 872
No. 86-6765.
Marquez v. Texas. Johnson v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Hogan v. Nevada. Snell v. Arkansas. Allen v. California. Rector v. Texas. South v. South Carolina. Cantu v. Texas. Jefferson v. Georgia. Howard v. Nevada. Byrd v. Missouri. Thompson v. Alabama. Bobo v. Tennessee. Austin v. Tennessee. Granviel v. Texas. Sparks v. Tennessee. Perry v. Louisiana. Johnson v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. LaGrand v. Arizona. Palmer v. Nebraska. Lingar v. Missouri. May v. Texas. Harris v. Texas. LaGrand v. Arizona.
No. 86-6845.
No. 86-6855.
No. 86-6865.
No. 86-6878.
No. 86-6880.
No. 86-6887.
No. 86-6904.
No. 86-6933.
No. 86-6937.
No. 86-6941.
No. 86-6953.
No. 86-6978.
No. 86-6983.
No. 86-6989.
No. 86-7005.
No. 86-7015.
No. 86-7022.
No. 86-7040.
No. 86-7061.
No. 86-7074.
No. 86-7082.
No. 86-7103.
No. 86-7112.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Common Pleas of Lexington County, S. C-;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 873
Gray v. Virginia. Pope v. Georgia. Davis v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Hill v. Arkansas. Christiansen v. Illinois. Bush v. Florida. Workman v. Tennessee. Demps v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Bolender v. Florida. McNish v. Tennessee. Guinan v. Missouri. Felde v. Butler, Warden. Titone v. Illinois. Banks v. Pennsylvania. Brown v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Williams v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Bates v. Florida. Silagy v. Illinois. Moore v. Oklahoma.

No. 86-7114.

No. 86-7129.

No. 87-5011.

No. 87-5025.

No. 87-5029.

No. 87-5033.

No. 87-5040.

No. 87-5042.

No. 87-5089.

No. 87-5098.

No. 87-5100.

No. 87-5117.

No. 87-5139.

No. 87-5152.

No. 87-5192.

No. 87-5203.

No. 87-5215.

No. 87-5258.

No. 87-5268.

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. 111.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. 111.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.

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.

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