Harris v. Pulley

Jan 16, 1990
No. 89-767; No. 89-5527; No. 89-5847; No. 89-6113
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 9th Cir.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‍11th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-767, 885 F. 2d 1354; No. 89-5527, 870 F. 2d ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‍276; No. 89-5847, 874 F. 2d 1397; No. 89-6113, 45 Ohio St. 3d 298, 544 N. E. 2d 622.





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.