Turner v. Virginia, 451 U.S. 1011

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6366, 221 Va. 513, 273 S. E. 2d 36; No. 80-6375, 247 Ga. 27, 277 S. E. 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.

Case Details

Case Name: Turner v. Virginia

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: May 18, 1981

Citations: 451 U.S. 1011; 101 S. Ct. 2348; No. 80-6366; No. 80-6368; No. 80-6375

Docket Number: No. 80-6366; No. 80-6368; No. 80-6375

Court Abbreviation: U.S.