Gates v. Zant

Oct 30, 1989
No. 89-5385; No. 89-5433; No. 89-5510; No. 89-5535; No. 89-5547; No. 89-5548; No. 89-5589; No. 89-5741
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Utah;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. App. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Tenn. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5385, 863 F. 2d 1492; No. 89-5510, 545 So. ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍2d 853; No. 89-5535, 548 So. 2d 662; No. 89-5547, 779 P. 2d 228; No. 89-5548, 548 So. 2d 547; No. 89-5589, 6 Va. App. 38, 366 ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍S. E. 2d 615; No. 89-5741, 774 S. W. 2d 163.





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.