Williamson v. Oklahoma

May 23, 1994
No. 93-5893; No. 93-7957; No. 93-8089; No. 93-8229; No. 93-8376
Reporters:
,
Before:
Blackmun

Lead Opinion

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. ‍‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍Fla.;

Sup. Ct. 111.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice ‍‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍Blackmun,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty cannot be imposed ‍‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 ‍‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would grant certiorari and vacate ‍‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍the death sentences in these cases.