Watson v. Louisiana

Jan 14, 1985
No. 84-5538; No. 84-5625; No. 84-5632; No. 84-5659; No. 84-5776
Versions:469 U.S. 1181
105 S. Ct. 939
83 L. Ed. 2d 952
53 U.S.L.W. 3507
1985 U.S. LEXIS 655

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5538, 449 So. 2d 1321; No. 84-5625, 735 F. 2d 395; No. 84-5632, 453 So. 2d 784; No. 84-5659, 452 So. 2d 520; No. 84-5776, 454 So. 2d 556.





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.