O'Bryan v. McKaskle
1984 U.S. LEXIS 976
SCOTUS
1984
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Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of Washington Legal Foundation 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.