Turner v. Virginia

May 18, 1981
No. 80-6366; No. 80-6368; No. 80-6375
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

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.





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.