Brogdon v. Louisiana

May 13, 1985
No. 84-6033; No. 84-6284; No. 84-6326; No. 84-6408; No. 84-6413; No. 84-6486; No. 84-6490; No. 84-6526
Versions:471 U.S. 1111
105 S. Ct. 2345
85 L. Ed. 2d 862
53 U.S.L.W. 3808
1985 U.S. LEXIS 1899

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6033, 457 So. 2d 616; No. 84-6284, 284 Ark. 289, 681 S. W. 2d 380; No. 84-6326, 733 F. 2d 766; No. 84-6408, 284 S. C. 388, 326 S. E. 2d 153; No. 84-6413, 460 So. 2d 890; No. 84-6486, 228 Va. 535, 323 S. E. 2d 577; No. 84-6526, 143 Ariz. 142, 692 P. 2d 991.





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.