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Woods v. Texas

453 U.S. 913 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-06-29 Docket No. 79-721; No. 79-5199; No. 79-5587; No. 79-6081; No. 79-6608; No. 80-5320 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 913
No. 79-721.
No. 79-5199.
No. 79-5587.
No. 79-6081.
No. 79-6608.
No. 80-5320.
Woods v. Texas; Bell v. Texas; Brooks v. Texas; Green v. Texas; Demouchette v. Texas; and Barefoot v. Texas.

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.

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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