Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

Spenkelink v. Wainwright

Spenkelink v. Wainwright
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 26, 1979 · Brennan, Marshall
440 U.S. 976; 99 S. Ct. 1548 (United States Reports)

Spenkelink v. Wainwright

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Motions of Association of the Bar of the City of New York and American Baptist Churches in the U. S. A. et al. for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certio-rari denied.

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.

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