Boyd v. Alabama

Oct 2, 1989
No. 89-5053
Versions:

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.



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 sentence in this case.