Tucker v. Zant

Oct 12, 1982
No. 81-6952; No. 82-5012; No. 82-5084; No. 82-5275; No. 82-5306
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

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

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5012, 631 S. ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‍W. 2d 486; No. 82-5275, 413 So. 2d 1007; No. 82-5306, 636 S. W. 2d 667.





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.