Culberson v. Mississippi, 449 U.S. 986

Culberson v. Mississippi

449 U.S. 986 | SCOTUS | 1980

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6715, 379 So. 2d 499; No. 79-6862, 378 So. 2d 765; No. 79-6884, 245 Ga. 868, 268 S. E. 2d 316; No. 80-5119, 245 Ga. 266, 264 S. E. 2d 204; No. 80-5163, 595 S. W. 2d 516; No. 80-5249, 381 So. 2d 999; No. 80-5399, 126 Ariz. 283, 614 P. 2d 825.

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.