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Chaney v. OklahomaChaney v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 23, 1981
No. 80-947; No. 80-1204; No. 80-5862; No. 80-6127
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.; ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‍and

Sup. Ct.

N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-947, 612 P. 2d 269; Nos. 80-1204 and 80-5862, 207 Neb. ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‍51, 296 N. W. 2d 440; No. 80-6127, 301 N. C. 279, 271 S. E. 2d 286.






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: Chaney v. Oklahoma
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Mar 23, 1981
Citations: 450 U.S. 1025; 101 S. Ct. 1731; 68 L. Ed. 2d 219; 49 U.S.L.W. 3711; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 1448; No. 80-947; No. 80-1204; No. 80-5862; No. 80-6127
Docket Number: No. 80-947; No. 80-1204; No. 80-5862; No. 80-6127
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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