Reeves v. Nebraska

Nov 13, 1984
No. 84-5271; No. 84-5370
Versions:469 U.S. 1028
105 S. Ct. 447
83 L. Ed. 2d 373
53 U.S.L.W. 3366
1984 U.S. LEXIS 4426

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Neb.; and

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5271, 216 Neb. 206, 344 N. W. 2d 433; No. 84-5370, 711 F. 2d 1273 and 739 F. 2d 184.





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.