Case Name: Woodkins v. Texas
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1977-06-06
Citations: 431 U.S. 960
Docket Number: No. 76-6571
Parties: Woodkins v. Texas.
Judges: Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall, dissenting.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 431
Pages: 960–960

Head Matter:
No. 76-6571.
Woodkins v. Texas.

Opinion:
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would vacate the death sentence in this case.