Wheat v. Mississippi

460 U.S. 1056 | SCOTUS | 1983

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; and Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-1131, 420 So. 2d 229; No. 82-6108, 250 Ga. 152, 296 S. E. 2d 590; No. 82-6115, 250 Ga. 277, 295 S. E. 2d 518; No. 82-6154, 420 So. 2d 583.

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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.