Blanks v. Georgia

Mar 24, 1986
No. 85-5375; No. 85-6145; No. 85-6229; No. 85-6259; No. 85-6268; No. 85-6270; No. 85-6275
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Houston County;

Sup. ‍​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5375, 254 Ga. 420, 330 S. E. 2d ‍​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍575; No. 85-6145, 697 S. W. 2d 404; No. 85-6259, 255 Ga. 215, 336 S. E. 2d 762; No. 85-6268, 475 So. 2d 1228; No. ‍​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍85-6275, 109 Ill. 2d 19, 485 N. E. 2d 363.





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