Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Coleman v. Montana

Coleman v. Montana
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 27, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
446 U.S. 970; 64 L. Ed. 2d 831; 100 S. Ct. 2952; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 1874 (United States Reports)

Coleman v. Montana

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Mont.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-1553, -Mont. -, 605 P. 2d 1000; No. 79-5975, 244 Ga. 495, 260 S. E. 2d 855.

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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