Brown v. Dixon

May 21, 1990
No. 89-7216; No. 89-7218
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 4th Cir.; and ‍‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‍C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.





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.