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Jones v. Texas

439 U.S. 959 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-11-06 Docket No. 78-5250; No. 78-5311 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 959
No. 78-5250.
No. 78-5311.
Jones v. Texas. Raulerson v. Florida.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5250, 568 S. W. 2d 847 ; No. 78-5311, 358 So. 2d 826 .

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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