Zettlemoyer v. Pennsylvania, 461 U.S. 970

Zettlemoyer v. Pennsylvania

461 U.S. 970 | SCOTUS | 1983

Lead Opinion

*970Sup. Ct. Pa.; and

*971No. 82-6556.

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6514, 500 Pa. 16, 454 A. 2d 937; No. 82-6556, 135 Ariz. 42, 659 P. 2d 1.

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 sentences in these cases.