Culberson v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States
Culberson v. Mississippi, 449 U.S. 986 (1980)
101 S. Ct. 407

Culberson v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6715, 379 So. 2d 499; No. 79-6862, 378 So. 2d 765; No. 79-6884, 245 Ga. 868, 268 S. E. 2d 316; No. 80-5119, 245 Ga. 266, 264 S. E. 2d 204; No. 80-5163, 595 S. W. 2d 516; No. 80-5249, 381 So. 2d 999; No. 80-5399, 126 Ariz. 283, 614 P. 2d 825.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and 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.

Reference

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Culberson v. Mississippi Stone v. Florida Fair v. Georgia Mulligan v. Georgia Esquivel v. Texas Reddix v. Mississippi Jordan v. Arizona
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