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.
Dissenting Opinion
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.