MILTON
v.
TEXAS; BRILEY V. VIRGINIA

U.S. | 1981-05-26
Nos. 80-6324; No. 80-6367
451 U.S. 1031 Supreme Court of the United States (1981) Negative Treatment
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Dissent
Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

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, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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  • Milton v. Procunier, 744 F.2d 1091 (5th Cir. 1984)
    …cle 37.071(b), Tex.Code Crim.Proc. Ann. The conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Milton v. State, 599 S.W. 2d 824, 825 (Tex.Crim.App.1980) (en banc). The Supreme Court denied certiorari. Milton v. Texas, 451 U.S. 1031, 101 S.Ct. 3022, 69 L.Ed.2d 400 (1980), reh’g denied, 453 U.S. 923, 101 S.Ct. 3160, 69 L.Ed.2d 1006 (1981). With execution scheduled for September 15, 1981, Milton on September 8 simultaneously filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus and stays…
  • Williams v. Lynaugh, 814 F.2d 205 (5th Cir. 1987)
    …ermore, Texas decisions have uniformly approved the admission of unadjudicated offenses. See, e.g., Rumbaugh v. State, 629 S.W. 2d 747, 754 (Tex.Crim.App.1982) (en banc); Milton v. State, 599 S.W. 2d 824, 827 (Tex.Crim.App.) (en banc), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 1031, 101 S.Ct. 3022, 69 L.Ed.2d 400 (1980). . Williams also asserts that he is entitled to a stricter interpretation of due process because he has been sentenced to death. We have already rejected this argument. Bass v. Estelle, 696 F. 2d 1154, 1157 n.…
  • Linwood E. Briley v. Bass, 742 F.2d 155 (4th Cir. 1984)
    …fore granted by us is extended for twenty-one (21) days from the filing of this opinion to permit the petitioner to apply to the Supreme Court or a Justice thereof for a further stay. . Briley v. Commonwealth, 221 Va. 532, 273 S.E. 2d 48 (1980). . 451 U.S. 1031, 101 S.Ct. 3022, 69 L.Ed.2d 400 (1981). . 460 U.S. 1103, 103 S.Ct. 1804, 76 L.Ed.2d 367 (1983). . 273 S.E. 2d at 50.' . The Briley brothers were older than Meekins. The youngest Briley brother was five years older and the petitioner, who was the…

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