Stout v. Oklahoma, 472 U.S. 1022

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Sup. ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‍Ct. Ga.; and C. A. 5th Cir. 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 sentences in these cases.

Case Details

Case Name: Stout v. Oklahoma

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jun 17, 1985

Citations: 472 U.S. 1022; 105 S. Ct. 3489; 87 L. Ed. 2d 623; 53 U.S.L.W. 3882; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2457; No. 84-6634; No. 84-6636; No. 84-6727

Docket Number: No. 84-6634; No. 84-6636; No. 84-6727

Court Abbreviation: U.S.