Engberg v. Wyoming, 469 U.S. 1077

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Wyo. 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: Engberg v. Wyoming

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Dec 3, 1984

Citations: 469 U.S. 1077; 105 S. Ct. 577; 83 L. Ed. 2d 516; 53 U.S.L.W. 3418; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4708; No. 84-5606

Docket Number: No. 84-5606

Court Abbreviation: U.S.