Davis v. IllinoisDavis v. Illinois
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- Brennan
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. Ill. Motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for writ of certiorari *1002and for other relief denied. Certiorari denied.
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 sentence in this case.