Presnell v. Kemp, 488 U.S. 1050

Lead Opinion

*1050C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‍Cal;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

*1051No. 88-5985. No. 88-6015. No. 88-6017.

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‍Ala.; and

C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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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.

Case Details

Case Name: Presnell v. Kemp

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jan 23, 1989

Citations: 488 U.S. 1050; 109 S.Ct. 883; 109 S.Ct. 882; 102 L.Ed.2d 1005; 102 L.Ed.2d 1004; No. 88-5770; No. 88-5801; No. 88-5861; No. 88-5864; No. 88-5957; No. 88-5964; No. 88-5981; No. 88-5985; No. 88-6015; No. 88-6017

Docket Number: No. 88-5770; No. 88-5801; No. 88-5861; No. 88-5864; No. 88-5957; No. 88-5964; No. 88-5981; No. 88-5985; No. 88-6015; No. 88-6017

Court Abbreviation: U.S.