Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Clark v. Virginia

Clark v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 21, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
444 U.S. 1049 (United States Reports)

Clark v. Virginia

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5704, 219 Va. 237, 257 S. E. 2d 784; No. 79-5722, 123 Ariz. 335, 599 P. 2d 788.

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 sentences in these cases.

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