Pierre v. Shulsen

Apr 27, 1987
No. 86-6303; No. 86-6472; No. 86-6604; No. 86-6653
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 10th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‍and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6303, 802 F. 2d 1282; No. 86-6472, 498 N. E. ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‍2d 931; No. 86-6604, 497 So. 2d 872; No. 86-6653, 500 So. 2d 1064.





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 sentences in these cases.