Cartwright v. Oklahoma
497 U.S. 1015 | SCOTUS | 1990
Concurrence in Part
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
Lead Opinion
Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.