Pierre v. Shulsen

481 U.S. 1033 | SCOTUS | 1987

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.

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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.