Lambright v. Arizona, 469 U.S. 892

Lambright v. Arizona

469 U.S. 892 | SCOTUS | 1984

Lead Opinion

*892Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

*893No. 84-5261. No. 84-5265. No. 84-5269. No. 84-5505.

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6704, 138 Ariz. 63, 673 P. 2d 1; No. 83-7013, 35 Cal. 3d 329, 673 P. 2d 680; No. 83-7014, 667 S. W. 2d 137; No. 84-5200, 450 So. 2d 208; No. 84-5206, 102 Ill. 2d 54, 464 N. E. 2d 206; No. 84-5261, 669 S. W. 2d 519; No. 84-5265, 673 S. W. 2d 1; No. 84-5269, 449 So. 2d 253; No. 84-5505, 742 F. 2d 155.

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.