Clark v. California

Nov 13, 1990
No. 90-5677; No. 90-5772; No. 90-5873; No. 90-5882
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; ‍‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‍and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5677, 50 Cal. 3d 583, 789 P. 2d 127; No. ‍‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‍90-5772, 565 So. 2d 1177; No. 90-5873, 790 S. W. 2d 243; No. 90-5882, 790 S. W. 2d 241.





Dissenting ‍‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‍Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant ‍‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‍certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.