Victor v. Nebraska

498 U.S. 1127 | SCOTUS | 1991

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio; and

C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6259, 235 Neb. 770, 457 N. W. 2d 431; No. 90-6578, 165 Ariz. 51, 796 P. 2d 853; No. 90-6639, 554 So. 2d 1111; No. 90-6682, 137 Ill. 2d 500, 561 N. E. 2d 57; No. 90-6711, 53 Ohio St. 3d 107, 559 N. E. 2d 710; No. 90-6739, 912 F. 2d 924.

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Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.