Edmonds v. Virginia

Nov 4, 1985
No. 85-5417; No. 85-5478; No. 85-5486; No. 85-5548
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

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, *976227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in ‍​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‍these cases.





Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

C. A. 11th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported ‍​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‍below: No. 85-5417, 229 Va. 303, 329 S. E. 2d 807; No. 85-5478, 145 Ariz. 441, 702 P. 2d 670; No. ‍​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‍85-5486, 764 F. 2d 1371; No. 85-5548, 472 So. 2d 1106.