Kay v. Texas, 85-6831
| Decision Date | 06 October 1986 |
| Docket Number | No. 85-6831,85-6831 |
| Parties | David W. McKAY, petitioner, v. TEXAS |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Denied.
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.
Justice SCALIA took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
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