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Green v. MissouriGreen v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 4, 1985
No. 84-748; No. 84-5774; No. 84-5856; No. 84-5877; No. 84-6041; No. 84-6093; No. 84-6043; No. 84-6091
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍App. Md.;

Super. Ct. Ariz., Maricopa

County;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍Certio-rari denied.






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: Green v. Missouri
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Mar 4, 1985
Citations: 470 U.S. 1034; 105 S. Ct. 1407; 84 L. Ed. 2d 794; 53 U.S.L.W. 3635; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1307; No. 84-748; No. 84-5774; No. 84-5856; No. 84-5877; No. 84-6041; No. 84-6093; No. 84-6043; No. 84-6091
Docket Number: No. 84-748; No. 84-5774; No. 84-5856; No. 84-5877; No. 84-6041; No. 84-6093; No. 84-6043; No. 84-6091
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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