Irving v. Mississippi

Mar 18, 1985
No. 83-6493; No. 84-6051; No. 84-6170
Versions:105 S. Ct. 1774
84 L. Ed. 2d 834
470 U.S. 1059
53 U.S.L.W. 3669
1985 U.S. LEXIS 1495

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari

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.