Davis v. Indiana, 474 U.S. 1014

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied.

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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.

Case Details

Case Name: Davis v. Indiana

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Dec 2, 1985

Citations: 474 U.S. 1014; 106 S. Ct. 546; 88 L. Ed. 2d 475; 54 U.S.L.W. 3375; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4703; No. 85-5606

Docket Number: No. 85-5606

Court Abbreviation: U.S.