Hoffman v. Idaho

Mar 28, 1994
No. 93-5784; No. 93-6885; No. 93-7075; No. 93-7247; No. 93-7269; No. 93-7317; No. 93-7331; No. 93-7423; No. 93-7482; No. 93-7648; No. 93-7778
Reporters:
,
Before:
Blackmun

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. ‍​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‍Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. ‍​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‍App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Blackmun,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view ‍​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‍that the death penalty cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, ‍​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‍see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would grant certiorari and ‍​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‍vacate the death sentences in these cases.