Bolder v. Missouri, 459 U.S. 1137

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Tenn. ‍‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5648, 635 S. W. 2d 673; No. 82-5698, 638 S. W. ‍‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‍2d 342.

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

Case Details

Case Name: Bolder v. Missouri

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jan 10, 1983

Citations: 459 U.S. 1137; 103 S. Ct. 770; 74 L. Ed. 2d 983; 51 U.S.L.W. 3510; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 3044; No. 82-5648; No. 82-5698

Docket Number: No. 82-5648; No. 82-5698

Court Abbreviation: U.S.