Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Richmond v. Arizona

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 27, 1977 · Brennan, Marshall

433 U.S. 915; 97 S. Ct. 2988 (United States Reports)

Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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 vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied.

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