David W. McKay v. Texas

SCOTUS

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 479 U.S. 871, 107 S. Ct. 239

Decision Date: 10/6/1986

Docket Number: 85-6831

Bluebook Citation: David W. McKay v. Texas, 479 U.S. 871, 107 S. Ct. 239 (SCOTUS 1986)


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Opinion

479 U.S. 871

107 S.Ct. 239

93 L.Ed.2d 164

David W. McKAY, petitioner,
v.
TEXAS

No. 85-6831

Supreme Court of the United States

October 6, 1986

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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