Comer v. Arizona

Mar 25, 1991
No. 90-6951; No. 90-7193
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Cal. ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6951, 165 Ariz. 413, 799 P. 2d 333.

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.