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Castro v. OklahomaCastro v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 21, 1988
No. 87-6284; No. 87-6295; No. 87-6368
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Sup. ‍​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‍Ct. Va.; and Sup. Ct. Fla. 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.

Case Details

Case Name: Castro v. Oklahoma
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Mar 21, 1988
Citations: 485 U.S. 971; No. 87-6284; No. 87-6295; No. 87-6368
Docket Number: No. 87-6284; No. 87-6295; No. 87-6368
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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