Evans v. Mississippi

May 16, 1983
No. 82-6267; No. 82-6423; No. 82-6433; No. 82-6555
Versions:461 U.S. 939
103 S. Ct. 2111
77 L. Ed. 2d 314
51 U.S.L.W. 3826
1983 U.S. LEXIS 4708

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6267, 422 So. 2d 737; No. 82-6423, 422 So. 2d 833; No. 82-6433, 425 So. 2d 1132; No. 82-6555, 422 So. 2d 824.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all cir-cumstances 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.