Evans v. Mississippi, 467 U.S. 1264

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6213, 441 So. 2d 520; No. 83-6419, 440 So. 2d ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍1242.

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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 sentences in these cases.

Case Details

Case Name: Evans v. Mississippi

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jun 25, 1984

Citations: 467 U.S. 1264; 104 S. Ct. 3559; 82 L.Ed.2d 860; No. 83-6213; No. 83-6419

Docket Number: No. 83-6213; No. 83-6419

Court Abbreviation: U.S.