Copeland v. Louisiana, 489 U.S. 1091

489 U.S. 1091

U.S.

1989

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5961, 530 So. 2d 526; No. 88-6148, 860 F. 2d 623; No. 88-6150, 757 S. W. 2d 359; No. 88-6203, 296 S. C. 379, 373 S. E'. 2d 587; No. 88-6350, 46 Cal. 3d -963, 760 P. 2d 475; No. 88-6361, 762 S. W. 2d 110; No. 88-6365, 745 S. W. 2d 858 and 759 S. W. 2d 651; No. 88-6393, 856 F. 2d 677; No. 88-6530, 761 S. W. 2d 307; No. 88-6655, 104 Nev. 867.

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.