Edwards v. Black, 491 U.S. 913

Edwards v. Black

491 U.S. 913 | SCOTUS | 1989

Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to *914Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: 876 F. 2d 377.

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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.