Cheadle v. New Mexico

Apr 16, 1984
No. 83-6141; No. 83-6215; No. 83-6231; No. 83-6281; No. 83-6285; No. 83-6318
Versions:466 U.S. 945
104 S. Ct. 1931

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. N. M.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6141, 101 N. M. 282, 681 P. 2d 708; No. 83-6215, 251 Ga. 652, 308 S. E. 2d 806; No. 83-6231, 668 S. W. 2d 366; No. 83-6281, 443 So. 2d 979; No. 83-6285, 661 S. W. 2d 519; No. 83-6318, 441 So. 2d 707.





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.