Mapes v. Ohio, 498 U.S. 977

Lead Opinion

Ct. App. Ohio, Cuya-hoga County. Application for stay ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Stevens, and by him referred to the ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

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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, 231 (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.

Case Details

Case Name: Mapes v. Ohio

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Nov 20, 1990

Citations: 498 U.S. 977; 111 S. Ct. 504; No. 90-6166 (A-351)

Docket Number: No. 90-6166 (A-351)

Court Abbreviation: U.S.