Jacobs v. Alabama

Jan 15, 1979
No. 78-5696; No. 78-5759
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Ark. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5696, 361 So. 2d 640; No. 78-5759, 261 Ark. 895, 553 S. W. 2d 259.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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.