Moon v. Georgia

Apr 22, 1991
No. 88-6833; No. 90-7093; No. 90-7155; No. 90-7411
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

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, *983231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences ‍​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‍in these cases.





Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. ‍​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-6833, 258 Ga. 748, 375 S. E. 2d 442; No. 90-7155, 915 F. ‍​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‍2d 932; No. 90-7411, 795 S. W. 2d 207.