Green v. Missouri

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
Versions:470 U.S. 1034
105 S. Ct. 1407
84 L. Ed. 2d 794
53 U.S.L.W. 3635
1985 U.S. LEXIS 1307

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.