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Vanwoudenberg v. OklahomaVanwoudenberg v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States
Nov 10, 1986
No. 86-5548 (A-334)
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Application for stay of ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‍execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‍denied. Certiorari denied.






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 the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‍and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Vanwoudenberg v. Oklahoma
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Nov 10, 1986
Citations: 479 U.S. 956; 107 S. Ct. 447; 93 L. Ed. 2d 395; 55 U.S.L.W. 3335; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4713; No. 86-5548 (A-334)
Docket Number: No. 86-5548 (A-334)
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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