Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

Pickens v. Arkansas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 27, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall

435 U.S. 909; 98 S. Ct. 1459 (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 grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied.

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