Smith v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 7, 1977

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1977-03-07

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia

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Decided 1977-03-07

How this case has been cited

Cited by 123 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2006 · most notably Estelle v. Smith (1981), St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry (1978)

60 federal appellate · 10 district · 15 state decisions

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¶1Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall would grant certiorari and vacate the judgment insofar as it leaves undisturbed the sentence of death.

¶2See Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting) ; id., at 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting). Mr. Justice White would grant certiorari limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition.