Woods v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 29, 1981

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1981-06-29

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Barefoot v. State · Bell v. State

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Decided 1981-06-29

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Cited by 358 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably Barefoot v. Estelle (1983), International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (1991)

139 federal appellate · 17 district · 75 state decisions — followed in 11 states

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¶1Ct. 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.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

¶2dissenting.

¶3Adhering 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.