Strouth v. Tennessee

Feb 22, 1982
No. 81-5786; No. 81-5840; No. 81-5844; No. 81-5872; No. 81-5919; No. 81-5935; No. 81-5937; No. 81-5970
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Term.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍County;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Mont.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5786, 620 S. ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍W. 2d 467; No. 81-5872, 222 Va. 667, 283 S. E. 2d 905; No. 81-5919, 129 Ariz. 557, 633 P. 2d 366; No. 81-5937,-Mont.-, 633 P. ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍2d 624; No. 81-5970, 403 So. 2d 355.





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.