Williams v. King

Dec 12, 1983
No. 83-5902 (A-450)
Versions:464 U.S. 1027
104 S. Ct. 562
78 L. Ed. 2d 732
52 U.S.L.W. 3472
1983 U.S. LEXIS 2778

Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, addressed to Justice Brennan and referred to the Court, denied.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall would grant the application for stay.

Certiorari denied.





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.