McCormick v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 15, 1979

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1979-10-15

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Mason v. Commonwealth · 366 So. 2d 1 - Hargrave v. State

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Decided 1979-10-15

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Cited by 119 later decisions — most recently January 2004 · most notably Fox v. Custis (1988), Stockton v. Commonwealth (1984)

2 federal appellate · 106 state decisions

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¶1Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶2Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶3Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶4Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

¶5Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-6680, 582 S. W. 2d 786; *920No. 78-6777, 582 S. W. 2d 794; No. 78-6799, 582 S. W. 2d 815; No. 79-5031, 366 So. 2d 1; No. 79-5061, 219 Va. 1091, 254 S. E. 2d 116.

Me. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

¶6dissenting.

¶7Adhering 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.