McKenna v. Nevada

498 U.S. 925 | SCOTUS | 1990

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.; and

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-7634, 106 Nev. 1032; No. 90-5047, 106 Nev. 135, 787 P. 2d 797; No. 90-5101, 524 Pa. 162, 569 A. 2d 942; No. 90-5403, 904 F. 2d 944.

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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 certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.