Mercer v. Missouri
454 U.S. 933
SCOTUS
1981
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Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Mo. Motion of ACLU of Western Missouri for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.





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 sentence in this case.