Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Berry v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 18, 1981 · Brennan, Certiorari, Marshall

451 U.S. 1010; 101 S. Ct. 2347; 49 U.S.L.W. 3864; 68 L. Ed. 2d 863; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2179 (United States Reports)

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 *1011U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La. Cer-tiorari denied.

Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.

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