Wilson v. Zant, 459 U.S. 1092

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga. 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.

Case Details

Case Name: Wilson v. Zant

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Dec 13, 1982

Citations: 459 U.S. 1092; 103 S. Ct. 580; 74 L. Ed. 2d 940; 51 U.S.L.W. 3460; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 4768; No. 82-5567

Docket Number: No. 82-5567

Court Abbreviation: U.S.