Mercer v. Missouri
454 U.S. 933 | SCOTUS | 1981
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
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.