Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

Thompson v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 15, 1979 · Brennan, Marshall, Whom

439 U.S. 1121; 99 S. Ct. 1034 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan, with whom Mr. Justice Marshall joins,

dissenting.

In this proceeding pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2254, petitioner presents the same questions presented by him in No. 76-5283, cert, denied, 429 U. S. 1053 (1977). For the reasons expressed in my dissent from the denial of certiorari in that case, I would grant the petition for certiorari and reverse the judgment of *1122the Court of Appeals affirming the dismissal of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

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