Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

Evans v. Alabama

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 21, 1979 · Brennan, Marshall

440 U.S. 930; 99 S. Ct. 1267 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Wayne E. Ritter v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and J.D. White, Warden, Holman Unit (11th Cir. 1984)
Evans v. Birtton (United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 1979)

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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. Ala. Motion of petitioner to withdraw petition and certiorari denied.

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