Jones v. Butler

Jan 25, 1988
No. 87-5699; No. 87-5821; No. 87-5968; No. 87-5973; No. 87-5985
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. ‍‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‍Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio. 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 eases.