Wilson v. Illinois

Oct 11, 1988
No. 88-5315
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. 111. Certiorari denied.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

with whom

Justice Brennan joins, ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‍dissenting.

For the reasons stated in Lego v. Illinois, post this page (Marshall, J., dissenting), I would grant the petition in order to resolve the question ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‍whether a state court, when recognizing a new federal constitutional rule governing criminal procedure, is bound by the retroactivity principles fashioned ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‍by this Court, and if so, whether the principle of retroactivity announced in Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U. S. 314 (1987), applies to a state-court ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‍decision recognizing such a rule, notwithstanding the state court’s preGñ‘iffith determination that, under the retroactivity decisions of this Court then in force, ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‍the new rule would be given prospective application only. I dissent.