Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Amadeo v. Russeau

Amadeo v. Russeau
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 30, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
450 U.S. 1035; 49 U.S.L.W. 3726; 101 S. Ct. 1750; 68 L. Ed. 2d 232; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 1538 (United States Reports)

Amadeo v. Russeau

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.; and

Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5969, 269 Ark. 341, 605 S. W. 2d 430; No. 80-6155, 28 Cal. 3d 264, 618 P. 2d 149.

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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