Celestine v. Blackburn

476 U.S. 1164 | SCOTUS | 1986

Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

No. 85-5736. No. 85-5852. No. 85-6676. No. 85-6692.

Super. Ct. N. C., Lee County;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. 111.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.

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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.