Otey v. Nebraska
446 U.S. 988
SCOTUS
1980
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Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-1438, 205 Neb. 90, 287 N. W. 2d 36; No. 79-5921, 244 Ga. 466, 260 S. E. 2d 876; No. 79-6194, 591 S. W. 2d 464; No. 79-6250, 375 So. 2d 994; No. 79-6422, 245 Ga. 458, 265 S. E. 2d 796.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our 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, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.