Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Swindler v. Arkansas

Swindler v. Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 8, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
449 U.S. 1057; 101 S. Ct. 631 (United States Reports)

Swindler v. Arkansas

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ark.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5488, 267 Ark. 418, 592 S. W. 2d 91; No. 80-5602, 246 Ga. 200, 269 S. E. 2d 461.

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.

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