Stanley v. Kemp, 467 U.S. 1219

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‍NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‍Certiorari denied.

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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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Stanley v. Kemp

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: May 29, 1984

Citations: 467 U.S. 1219; 104 S. Ct. 2667; 81 L. Ed. 2d 372; 52 U.S.L.W. 3861; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 2427; No. 82-7003

Docket Number: No. 82-7003

Court Abbreviation: U.S.