Rushing v. Louisiana

May 27, 1986
No. 85-5022; No. 85-5082; No. 85-6308; No. 85-6551; No. 85-6584; No. 85-6643; No. 85-6665; No. 85-6668; No. 85-6675
Versions:476 U.S. 1153
106 S. Ct. 2259

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.





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.