Tison v. Arizona

459 U.S. 882 | SCOTUS | 1982

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

C. A. 9th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5634, 129 Ariz. 526, 633 P. 2d 335 (first case), 129 Ariz. 546, 633 P. 2d 355 (second case); No. 81-6536, 626 S. W. 2d 758; No. 81-6711, 275 Ark. 71, 628 S. W. 2d 284; No. 81-6861, 223 Va. 66, 286 S. E. 2d 162; No. 81-6976, 275 Ark. 410, 630 S. W. 2d 44; No. 81-6978, 660 F. 2d 573, 671 F. 2d 858, and 677 F. 2d 20; No. 82-5001, 249 Ga. 228, 290 S. E. 2d 43; No. 82-5020, 412 So. 2d 850; No. 82-5088, 632 S. W. 2d 542; No. 82-5170, 131 Ariz. 598, 643 P. 2d 694; No. 82-5188, 413 So. 2d 1.

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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.