Richley v. Norris

Apr 25, 1994
No. 93-7098; No. 93-7167; No. 93-7287; No. 93-7378; No. 93-7730; No. 93-7777; No. 93-8105
Reporters:
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Before:
Blackmun

Lead Opinion

C. A. 8th Cir.;

C. A. 8th ‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. ‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Blackmun,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty ‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my ‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would grant certiorari and ‍‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍vacate the death sentences in these cases.