Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH, 481 U.S. 1008 (1987)

WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH, INTERIM Dir., Tex. Dep’t OFCORRECTIONS., 481 U.S. 1008 (1987)

Type: Opinion
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: Federal
Date: 1987-04-06
Topic: general

WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH, 481 U.S. 1008 (1987) WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH, INTERIM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OFCORRECTIONS. No. 86-6600 (A-697). April 6, 1987, October TERM, 1986.

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WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH,481 U.S. 1008(1987)

WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH, INTERIM DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS.

No. 86-6600 (A-697).

April 6, 1987, October TERM, 1986.

C.A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to JUSTICE WHITE, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied. Reported below:809 F. 2d 1063.

JUSTICE BRENNAN and JUSTICE MARSHALL, dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments,Greggv.Georgia,428 U. S. 153,227,231(1976), we would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.Page 1015