Caruthers v. Tennessee, 469 U.S. 1197

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5817, 676 S. W. 2d 935; No. 84-5864, 455 So. ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‍2d 351.

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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: Caruthers v. Tennessee

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jan 21, 1985

Citations: 469 U.S. 1197; 105 S. Ct. 981; 83 L. Ed. 2d 982; 53 U.S.L.W. 3529; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 794; No. 84-5817; No. 84-5864

Docket Number: No. 84-5817; No. 84-5864

Court Abbreviation: U.S.