Davis v. Oklahoma

Mar 31, 1986
No. 84-6778; No. 85-5053; No. 85-5553; No. 85-5651; No. 85-5833; No. 85-6168; No. 85-6228; No. 85-6342; No. 85-6382
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‍Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5053, 470 So. 2d 697; No. ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‍85-5553, 693 S. W. 2d 79; No. 85-5651, 478 N. E. 2d *10991214; No. 85-5833, 694 S. W. 2d 729; No. 85-6168, 478 So. 2d 1043; ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‍No. 85-6228, 476 So. 2d 1253; No. 85-6342, 479 So. 2d 710.





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.