Leatherwood v. Mississippi

465 U.S. 1084 | SCOTUS | 1984

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 11th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5767, 435 So. 2d 645; No. 83-6084, 716 F. 2d 1511 and 722 F. 2d 629; No. 83-6150, 440 So. 2d 350.

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Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan,

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, 227 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.