Berry v. Louisiana
101 S. Ct. 2347
SCOTUS
1981
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Dissenting Opinion

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 *1011U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.





Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La. Cer-tiorari denied.

Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.