King v. Illinois, 479 U.S. 872

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 *873and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ill. ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍Motion of petitioner to consolidate the petition for writ of certiorari with No. 84-6075, Tison v. Arizona [certiorari ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍granted, 475 U. S. 1010], denied. Certiorari denied.

Case Details

Case Name: King v. Illinois

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 6, 1986

Citations: 479 U.S. 872; 107 S. Ct. 249; 93 L. Ed. 2d 173; 55 U.S.L.W. 3237; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4161; No. 85-7010

Docket Number: No. 85-7010

Court Abbreviation: U.S.