Cannon v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1986

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1986-01-27

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Nethery v. State · 108 Ill. 2d 70 - People v. Perez

Decided 1986-01-27

¶1Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶2Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

¶3Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5687, 691 S. W. 2d 664; No. 85-5825, 692 S. W. 2d 686; No. 85-5946, 108 Ill. 2d 70, 483 N. E. 2d 250.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

¶4dissenting.

¶5Adhering 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 sentehces in these cases.