Massie v. Sumner

Jan 12, 1981
No. 80-5520; No. 80-5565; No. 80-5605; No. 80-5644; No. 80-5672; No. 80-5674; No. 80-5715; No. 80-5751; No. 80-5778
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 9th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. ‍​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. La.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. No. 80-5565 Reported below: No. 80-5520, 624 F. 2d 72; 383 So. 2d 369; No. ‍​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍80-5605, 386 So. 2d 525; No. 80-5672, 246 Ga. 261, 271 S. E. 2d 352; No. 80-5674, 246 Ga. 264, 271 S. E. 2d 173; No. 80-5715, 387 So. 2d 1124 and 389 ‍​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍So. 2d 1335; No. 80-5751, 388 So. 2d 664; No. 80-5778, 246 Ga. 62, 268 S. E. 2d 895.





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.