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
Versions:455 U.S. 983
102 S. Ct. 1491

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.