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Williams v. KempWilliams v. Kemp

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 27, 1989
No. 88-6635
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of ‍​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for writ of certiorari denied. Certiorari dismissed ‍​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍for want of jurisdiction.






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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Williams v. Kemp
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Mar 27, 1989
Citations: 489 U.S. 1094; 109 S. Ct. 1579; No. 88-6635
Docket Number: No. 88-6635
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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