Rogers v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 27, 1989

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1989-11-27

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · 48 Cal. 3d 527 - People v. Morales · Rogers v. State

Decided 1989-11-27

¶1Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶2Sup. Ct. Cal.;

¶3Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

¶4Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

¶5Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5460, 774 S. W. 2d 247; No. 89-5534, 48 Cal. 3d 527, 770 P. 2d 244; No. 89-5707, 545 So. 2d 846.

Justice Brennan and 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.