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Hovila v. Texas

439 U.S. 1135 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-01-22 Docket No. 78-5198 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1135
No. 78-5198.
Hovila v. Texas.

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

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