Reeves v. Nebraska

469 U.S. 1028 | SCOTUS | 1984

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.

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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.