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Peek v. KempPeek v. Kemp

Supreme Court of the United States
Nov 3, 1986
No. 85-7111
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‍Blackmun would grant certiorari and set case for oral argument.





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.

Case Details

Case Name: Peek v. Kemp
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Nov 3, 1986
Citations: 479 U.S. 939; 107 S. Ct. 421; 93 L. Ed. 2d 371; 55 U.S.L.W. 3316; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4608; No. 85-7111
Docket Number: No. 85-7111
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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