In re Williams, 449 U.S. 991

Lead Opinion

Petition for writ of ‍‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍ha-beas corpus denied.

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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.

Case Details

Case Name: In re Williams

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Nov 17, 1980

Citations: 449 U.S. 991; 101 S. Ct. 546; 66 L. Ed. 2d 301; 49 U.S.L.W. 3372; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3970; No. 80-5385

Docket Number: No. 80-5385

Court Abbreviation: U.S.