Byrd v. Armontrout

Lead Opinion

C. A. 8th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Ind.; and Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied.

No. 89-6404. No. 89-6405.

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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.

Case Details

Case Name: Byrd v. Armontrout

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Mar 5, 1990

Citation: 494 U.S. 1019

Docket Number: No. 89-6219; No. 89-6404; No. 89-6405

Court Abbreviation: SCOTUS