Williams v. Indiana

Oct 4, 1982
No. 81-6779
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Appeal from Sup. Ct. Ind. ‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍dismissed for want of substantial federal question.





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 vacate ‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍the death sentence in this case.