Hernandez v. Texas
Hernandez v. Texas Holton v. Florida Castor v. Clark, Warden Nuckols v. Oklahoma
Opinion of the Court
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Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
C. A. 7th Cir.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-7315, 805 S. W. 2d 409 ; No. 90-7757, 573 So. 2d 284 ; No. 90-7882, 805 P. 2d 672 .
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Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
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