In re Williams

Supreme Court of the United States November 17, 1980

In re Williams, 449 U.S. 991 (1980)

101 S. Ct. 546; 49 U.S.L.W. 3372; 66 L. Ed. 2d 301; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3970

Brennan, Marshall

Opinion of the Court

Petition for writ of ha-beas corpus denied.

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 vacate the death sentence in this case.

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Status: Published