High v. Zant

Jul 3, 1989
No. 87-5666
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir. The order ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍entered June 30, 1988 [487 U. S. 1233], is vacated. 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 vacate ‍​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍the death sentence in this case.