Bowen v. Oklahoma

Jul 1, 1985
No. 84-1741; No. 84-6700; No. 84-6714; No. 84-6728; No. 84-6808
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. ‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‍Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-1741, 715 P. 2d 1093; No. 84-6700, 697 P. ‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‍2d 165; No. 84-6714, 695 P. 2d 548; No. 84-6728, 253 Ga. 622, 323 S. E. 2d 801; No. 84-6808, 462 So. 2d ‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‍1075.





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.