Prejean v. Blackburn

Jul 3, 1989
No. 85-5609; No. 86-6023; No. 87-6406; No. 88-1154; No. 88-5189; No. 88-5237; No. 88-5437; No. 88-5581; No. 88-5749; No. 88-5953; No. 88-6315; No. 88-6585; No. 88-6611; No. 88-6838; No. 88-7013; No. 88-7138; No. 88-7242; No. 88-7394
Versions:492 U.S. 925

Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Crim. Dist. Ct. La., Parish of Orleans;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5609, 743 F. 2d 1091 and 765 F. 2d 482; No. 86-6023, 771 S. W. 2d 435; No. 87-6406, 837 F. 2d 1294; No. 88-5189, 122 Ill. 2d 266, 522 N. E. 2d 1167; No. 88-5237, 771 S. W. 2d 453; No. 88-5437, 258 Ga. 281, 368 S. E. 2d 742; No. 88-5581, 45 Cal. 3d 306, 753 P. 2d 1082; No. 88-5749, 38 Ohio St. 3d 239, 527 N. E. 2d 831; No. 88-5953, 236 Va. 240, 372 S. E. 2d 759; -No. 88-6315, 858 F. 2d 978; No. *92688-6585, 115 Idaho 231, 766 P. 2d 701; No. 88-6611, 533 So. 2d 750; No. 88-6838, 758 S. W. 2d 567; No. 88-7013, 862 F. 2d 1126; No. 88-7138, 40 Ohio St. 3d 226, 533 N. E. 2d 272; No. 88-7242, 237 Va. 126, 376 S. E. 2d 288; No. 88-7394, 769 P. 2d 167.





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.