Jones v. Whitley

Jul 21, 1991
No. 91-5193 (A-66)
Reporters:
,
Before:
Marshall

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, *1267231 (1976), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‍petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.





Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‍La. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Scalia, and by ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‍him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.