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Roberts v. MissouriRoberts v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States
Nov 3, 1986
No. 86-5310; No. 86-5482
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Ky. ‍‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5310, 709 S. W. 2d 857; No. 86-5482, 709 S. W. ‍‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‍2d 424.






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: Roberts v. Missouri
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Nov 3, 1986
Citations: 479 U.S. 946; 107 S. Ct. 427; 93 L. Ed. 2d 378; 55 U.S.L.W. 3316; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4621; No. 86-5310; No. 86-5482
Docket Number: No. 86-5310; No. 86-5482
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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