Case Name: Denney v. Texas
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1978-06-19
Citations: 437 U.S. 911
Docket Number: No. 77-6539
Parties: Denney v. Texas.
Judges: Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall, dissenting.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 437
Pages: 911–911

Head Matter:
No. 77-6539.
Denney 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 grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.