Sawyer v. Louisiana

Apr 2, 1984
No. 83-6258
Versions:466 U.S. 931
104 S. Ct. 1719
80 L. Ed. 2d 191
52 U.S.L.W. 3721
1984 U.S. LEXIS 1770

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La. Certio-rari 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 sentence in this case.