Booker v. Wainwright, 464 U.S. 922

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 *923and 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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Lead Opinion

C. A. ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍11th Cir.; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5209, 703 F. ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍2d 1251; No. 83-5267, 695 F. 2d 1306.

Case Details

Case Name: Booker v. Wainwright

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 17, 1983

Citations: 464 U.S. 922; 104 S. Ct. 290; 78 L. Ed. 2d 266; 52 U.S.L.W. 3309; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 2030; No. 83-5209; No. 83-5267

Docket Number: No. 83-5209; No. 83-5267

Court Abbreviation: U.S.