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479 U.S. 871

107 S. Ct. 239

93 L. Ed. 2d 164

Docket No. 85-6831

David W. McKay v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

October 6, 1986

Supreme Court of the United States · decided October 6, 1986

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas

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Decided October 6, 1986

How this case has been cited

Cited by 790 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2022 · most notably State v. Lott (1990), State v. Broom (1988)

33 federal appellate · 3 district · 729 state decisions — followed in 22 states

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

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Denied.

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Justice BRENNAN and Justice MARSHALL dissenting:

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Adhering 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, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2950, 2973, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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Justice SCALIA took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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