Poyner v. Virginia, 474 U.S. 888

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

Justice ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‍Brennan would grant certiorari.

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Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‍death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Poyner v. Virginia

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 7, 1985

Citations: 474 U.S. 888; 106 S. Ct. 208; 88 L. Ed. 2d 178; 54 U.S.L.W. 3227; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 3872; No. 85-5102

Docket Number: No. 85-5102

Court Abbreviation: U.S.