Bowen v. Oklahoma

Jul 1, 1985
No. 84-1741; No. 84-6700; No. 84-6714; No. 84-6728; No. 84-6808
Versions:473 U.S. 911
105 S. Ct. 3537
87 L. Ed. 2d 660
53 U.S.L.W. 3912
1985 U.S. LEXIS 2534

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.