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Cartwright v. OklahomaCartwright v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States
Aug 30, 1990
89-5934
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Concurrence Opinion

Justice Brennan, with whom Justice Marshall

joins, concurring in part and ‍‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‍dissenting in part.

I join the Court’s decision except insofar as the judgment, which is without prejudice to further sentencing ‍‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‍proceedings, does not expressly preclude the reimposition of the death penalty. Adhering to my view 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 ‍‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‍(1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting), I would direct that the resentencing proceed*1016ings be circumscribed such that the State may not ‍‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‍reimpose the death sentence.






Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.

Case Details

Case Name: Cartwright v. Oklahoma
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Aug 30, 1990
Citations: 497 U.S. 1015; 89-5934
Docket Number: 89-5934
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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