Deputy v. Delaware

Mar 23, 1987
No. 85-6272; No. 86-6003; No. 86-6013; No. 86-6108; No. 86-6121; No. 86-6195; No. 86-6222; No. 86-6243; No. 86-6247; No. 86-6365; No. 86-6380
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Del.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. ‍​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. ‍​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‍S.C.;

Sup. Ct. Wash.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. 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 sentences in these cases.