Collins v. Illinois

Oct 21, 1985
No. 85-5164; No. 85-5180; No. 85-5291; No. 85-5308; No. 85-5310; No. 85-5477
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

C. A. 5th ‍‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‍Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5164, 106 Ill. 2d 237, 478 N. E. 2d 267; No. 85-5180, 106 ‍‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‍Ill. 2d 201, 478 N. E. 2d 392; No. 85-5291, 699 P. 2d 653; No. 85-5308, 767 F. 2d 916; No. 85-5310, 254 Ga. 538, 331 ‍‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‍S. E. 2d 561; No. 85-5477, 470 So. 2d 1303.





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.