Victor v. Nebraska

Feb 25, 1991
No. 90-6259; No. 90-6578; No. 90-6639; No. 90-6640; No. 90-6682; No. 90-6711; No. 90-6739
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

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.





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.