Fisher v. Oklahoma

Jun 13, 1988
No. 87-6008; No. 87-6125; No. 87-6196; No. 87-6365; No. 87-6460; No. 87-6644; No. 87-6674; No. 87-6774; No. 87-6845
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Forsyth ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍County, N. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Wash.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6008, 736 P. 2d ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍1003 *1062and 739 P. 2d 523; No. 87-6125, 320 N. C. 688, 360 S. E. 2d 667; No. 87-6365, 744 S. W. 2d 53; No. 87-6460, 108 Wash. 2d 734, 743 P. 2d 210; No. ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍87-6644, 520 So. 2d 246; No. 87-6674, 321 N. C. 125, 362 S. E. 2d 513; No. 87-6774, 741 S. W. 2d 382; No. 87-6845, 736 S. W. 2d 673.





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.