Gordon v. California, 499 U.S. 913

Gordon v. California

499 U.S. 913 | SCOTUS | 1991

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6383, 50 Cal. 3d 1223, 792 P. 2d 251; No. 90-6540, 913 F. 2d 1092; No. 90-6628, 302 Ark. 371, 790 S. W. 2d 420.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.