Tichnell v. Maryland

May 14, 1984
No. 83-6346; No. 83-6430; No. 83-6459; No. 83-6527; No. 83-6568; No. 83-6583
Versions:466 U.S. 993
104 S. Ct. 2374

Lead Opinion

Ct. App. Md.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6346, 297 Md. 432, 468 A. 2d 1 (first case), 297 Md. 563, 468 A. 2d 45 (second case); No. 83-6430, 721 F. 2d 990; No. 83-6459, 444 So. 2d 400; No. 83-6527, 443 So. 2d 546; No. 83-6568, 661 S. W. 2d 487; No. 83-6583, 707 F. 2d 1339.





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.